The present article is based on an analysis of a passage included in book V of De materia medica by Pedanius Dioscorides, the leading authority on materia medica of the 1st c. AD. The authors, focusing on the extract devoted to therapeutic wines flavoured with hellebore, emphasise the role of selected flavouring substances in order to elaborate on the financial status of addressees of the prescriptions. This perspective allows the researchers to present not only the significance of wine in contemporary medicine but also underscore the importance of myrrh, which was a high-priced resin imported from Arabia Felix, and was highly valued owing to its exceptional flavour as well as pharmacological actions. The comparison of six selected...
This article analyses the most important and interesting aspects of the Ancient Greek Cynicism: diag...
The medicines of herbal and animal origin in ancient Greece – The present study concerns an effort t...
The medicines of herbal and animal origin in ancient Greece – The present study concerns an effort t...
The present study has resulted from a close reading of prescriptions for therapeutic wines inserted ...
The present study has resulted from a close reading of prescriptions for therapeutic wines inserted ...
This paper explores the issue of medical qualities that were attributed to Greek wines by ancient ph...
The article is aimed at indicating and analyzing connections existing between De re coquinaria and m...
peer reviewedSi les Égyptiens fabriquaient et consommaient de la bière et du vin depuis les débuts d...
The article is aimed at indicating and analyzing connections existing between De re coquinaria and ...
The history of wine use as a medicine dates back to antiquity. However, it has been rediscovered and...
Use of Ancient texts in modern therapeutic research. Two main purposes were assigned to this study ...
Why do people alternate between accolades and censure about the powers they perceive in wine? By loo...
This dissertation examines the role of Galenic pharmacy in early modern Italy through the history of...
Pedanius Dioscurides of Anazarbos, a physician working for the Roman army living in the first centur...
How do traditions of magic, both practical and literary, interact with texts about plant- and substa...
This article analyses the most important and interesting aspects of the Ancient Greek Cynicism: diag...
The medicines of herbal and animal origin in ancient Greece – The present study concerns an effort t...
The medicines of herbal and animal origin in ancient Greece – The present study concerns an effort t...
The present study has resulted from a close reading of prescriptions for therapeutic wines inserted ...
The present study has resulted from a close reading of prescriptions for therapeutic wines inserted ...
This paper explores the issue of medical qualities that were attributed to Greek wines by ancient ph...
The article is aimed at indicating and analyzing connections existing between De re coquinaria and m...
peer reviewedSi les Égyptiens fabriquaient et consommaient de la bière et du vin depuis les débuts d...
The article is aimed at indicating and analyzing connections existing between De re coquinaria and ...
The history of wine use as a medicine dates back to antiquity. However, it has been rediscovered and...
Use of Ancient texts in modern therapeutic research. Two main purposes were assigned to this study ...
Why do people alternate between accolades and censure about the powers they perceive in wine? By loo...
This dissertation examines the role of Galenic pharmacy in early modern Italy through the history of...
Pedanius Dioscurides of Anazarbos, a physician working for the Roman army living in the first centur...
How do traditions of magic, both practical and literary, interact with texts about plant- and substa...
This article analyses the most important and interesting aspects of the Ancient Greek Cynicism: diag...
The medicines of herbal and animal origin in ancient Greece – The present study concerns an effort t...
The medicines of herbal and animal origin in ancient Greece – The present study concerns an effort t...