In the Grip of Disease : Studies in the Greek Imagination

by: Lloyd, G.E.R.

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In the Grip of Disease
Studies in the Greek Imagination
G. E. R. Lloyd
The first comprehensive account of the influence of Greek thought about health and disease on the Greek imagination
Unique anthropological approach to the subject
Includes key texts with translations
Juxtaposes medical and non-medical ideas to suggest their mutual influence
Includes detailed analyses of texts from every genre of literature
The final chapter explores similarities and contrasts between Greek thought and modern views on such topics as madness, criminality and creativity

Description
This original and lively book explores Greek ideas about health and disease and their influence on Greek thought. Fundamental issues such as causation and responsibility, purification and pollution, mind-body relations and gender differences, authority and the expert and who can challenge them, reality and appearances, good government, happiness, and good and evil themselves are deeply implicated. Using the evidence not just from Greek medical theory and practice but also from epic, lyric, tragedy, historiography, philosophy, and religion, G. E. R. Lloyd offers the first comprehensive account of the influence of Greek thought about health and disease on the Greek imagination.

Table of Contents
1:Anthropological Perspectives
2:Archaic Literature and Masters of Truth
3:Secularization and Sacralization
4:Tragedy
5:The Historians
6:Plato
7:Aristotle
8:After Aristotle: Or Did Anything Change?
9:Epilogue

In the Grip of Disease : Studies in the Greek Imagination

by: Lloyd, G.E.R.

• ISBN-13: 9780199253234 / 978-0-19-925323-4
• ISBN-03: 0199253234 / 0-19-925323-4
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003

Price: 79,00 EURO

1 copy in stock