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This collective volume arises from a Wellcome-funded conference held at the University of Warwick in 2014 about the “new” Galen discovered in 2005 in a Greek manuscript, De indolentia. In the wake of the latest English translation published by Vivian Nutton in 2013, this book offers a multi-disciplinary approach to the new text, discussing in turn issues around Galen’s literary production, his medical and philosophical contribution to the theme of avoiding distress (ἀλυπία), controversial topics in Roman history such as the Antonine plague and the reign of Commodus, and finally the reception of the text in the Islamic world. Gathering eleven contributions by recognised specialists of Galen, Greek literature and Roman history, it revisits the new text extensively.
Price: $105.00
Pages: 296
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
03 January 2019
ISBN: 9789004383289
Format: Hardcover
"In sum, this volume, with its excellent typography, highlights the extent to which Ind. changes our perception of Galen and his works: it both bridges gaps in previous research and raises new questions that make it abundantly clear there is much more work to be done." - Mónica Durán Mañas, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2020.04.11.
Caroline Petit, Ph.D. (2004), Université Paris-Sorbonne, is Assistant Professor of Classics and the History of Medicine at the University of Warwick. She has published extensively on Galen, the Galenic corpus, and their transmission and reception.