Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Βυζαντινή ΦιλολογίαLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Author:
Papasarantopoulou Alexandra
Supervisors info:
Ιωάννης Πολέμης, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Αθανάσιος Μαρκόπουλος, Ομότιμος Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Σοφία Κοτζάμπαση, Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Φιλολογίας, Φιλοσοφική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Διάγνωση και θεραπεία ασθενειών στο Βυζάντιο κατά τον 11ο αιώνα. Το Πόνημα ιατρικόν του Μιχαήλ Ψελλού
Translated title:
Diagnosis and treatment diseases in 11th century Byzantium. The Πόνημα ιατρικόν of Michael Psellos
Summary:
By addressing his scholarly audience, Psellos aspires to transmit in 1374 iambic verses basic knowledge of medicine concerning nutrition and various diseases affecting the human body. Since medicine was not his professional occupation, but formed a part of his "higher education" and his encyclopedic knowledge of the subject, Psellos transfers a kind of knowledge, which is the harvest of his survey on known medical issues, and not the effect of his professional experience, starting with Galenos and continuing with the heirs of him (Oreibasios, Palladios, Aetios, Alexander of Tralleis, Theophilos Protospatharios, Stefanos of Alexandria or Athenian and above all Paul of Aegina). Moreover, he chooses the verse ensuring the learning objective of his project, and potentially facilitating the learning process of the disciplines. Besides, he uses the same kind of teaching for other subject modules, like grammar, rhetoric, common law.
Main subject category:
Language – Literature
Keywords:
Medicine, Byzantium, Psellos, diseases, treatment, didactic poetry
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