Galen, Three Treatises: An Intermediate Greek Reader: Greek Text with Running Vocabulary and Commentary

Hayes, Edgar Evan; Nimis, Stephen

ISBN 10: 194099702X / ISBN 13: 9781940997025

Published by Faenum Publishing, Ltd., 2014

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G194099702XI2N00

Synopsis:

The aim of this book is to make three of the Roman physician Galen's shorter works (On my Own Books, On the Order of my Own Books, and That the Best Physician is also a Philosopher) accessible to intermediate students of Ancient Greek. The running vocabulary and grammatical commentary are meant to provide everything necessary to read each page. Although Galen can be a little difficult at times, his language gets easier and more predictable with practice, and these three works are a great introduction to this fascinating figure. They are not strictly speaking medical works, but reflections on his own work and thought that throw extraordinary light on the relationship of the medical profession in antiquity to wider currents of thought in the brilliant period of Greek literature known as the "second sophistic."

Bibliographic Details

Title: Galen, Three Treatises: An Intermediate ...
Publisher: Faenum Publishing, Ltd.
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Paperback
Condition: As New
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