Open AccessDrugs to declare. Two pharmaceutical works attibutes to Galen
Author(s) -
KlausDietrich Fischer
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cuadernos de filología clásica. estudios griegos e indoeuropeos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1988-2637
pISSN - 1131-9070
DOI - 10.5209/cfcg.59395
Subject(s) - antique , alphabet , classics , history , literature , art , philosophy , ancient history , linguistics
The article examines the transmission and contents of two pseudogalenic works on drugs, the three-hundred descriptions of simples in the Ad Paternianum or The Alphabet of Galen (preserved only in Latin), and On substitute drugs (in the late-antique Latin translation).