Classics 2902 Comprehensive
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,BCE (before the Common Era) - Answer: 4th c. BCE: 399-300
BCE.
Counting backwards.
CE (Common Era) - Answer: 2nd c CE: 100-199 CE.
Counting upwards.
Problems we face when studying ancient medicine: - Answer:
Only a fraction is extant.
Need to draw from a variety of passages.
Means we need to make a lot of educated guesses.
Complication: structure of Greek society affected by literacy
roles.
Many things were not written down, and were only passed
down through word of mouth.
Passage of time.
Enemy of written works.
,Many medical things have been destroyed over time, and have
not survived the passage of time.
Experimental medicine & oral traditions.
Many ancient doctors learn by watching others
Biases of scribes → copying and recopying.
Particular interests of others.
What could be afforded financially (certain tools, and what
could be preserved).
Highly specialized work is often lost.
General public had no interest.
Types of Sources: - Answer: WRITTEN TEXTS:
Treatises
Letters
Inscriptions
Poetry
, Papyri
ART:
Vase paintings
Statues, reliefs, etc.
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE:
Artifacts & tools
Archaeological sites and buildings.
Human remains.
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE TRANSMISSION OF SOURCES: -
Answer: Natural disasters, fires and warfare.
Monasteries picking what is transcribed, empirical work is lost.
Latin medical texts from before 350 AD lost
Exception → Pliny's Natural History & Celsus' on Medicine;
amateur writers.
These are not medical writers.
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,BCE (before the Common Era) - Answer: 4th c. BCE: 399-300
BCE.
Counting backwards.
CE (Common Era) - Answer: 2nd c CE: 100-199 CE.
Counting upwards.
Problems we face when studying ancient medicine: - Answer:
Only a fraction is extant.
Need to draw from a variety of passages.
Means we need to make a lot of educated guesses.
Complication: structure of Greek society affected by literacy
roles.
Many things were not written down, and were only passed
down through word of mouth.
Passage of time.
Enemy of written works.
,Many medical things have been destroyed over time, and have
not survived the passage of time.
Experimental medicine & oral traditions.
Many ancient doctors learn by watching others
Biases of scribes → copying and recopying.
Particular interests of others.
What could be afforded financially (certain tools, and what
could be preserved).
Highly specialized work is often lost.
General public had no interest.
Types of Sources: - Answer: WRITTEN TEXTS:
Treatises
Letters
Inscriptions
Poetry
, Papyri
ART:
Vase paintings
Statues, reliefs, etc.
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE:
Artifacts & tools
Archaeological sites and buildings.
Human remains.
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE TRANSMISSION OF SOURCES: -
Answer: Natural disasters, fires and warfare.
Monasteries picking what is transcribed, empirical work is lost.
Latin medical texts from before 350 AD lost
Exception → Pliny's Natural History & Celsus' on Medicine;
amateur writers.
These are not medical writers.
