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Galen's de Indolentia: Essays on a Newly Discovered Letter

by Clare K. Rothschild, Trevor W. Thompson

  • Paperback
  • 347 pages
  • Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
  • 15.5 x 23.2 x 2.1 cm

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In 2005, a French doctoral student discovered Galen's long-lost treatise, De indolentia or On the Avoidance of Distress in a monastic library in Thessalonica. De indolentia is a letter to an unspecified addressee in which Galen describes how he responded to the fire that destroyed much of his library and medicines in 192 CE. The manuscript, catalogued in the Vlatadon monastery as codex 14, is of unspeakable value to scholars of antiquity. Classified with Galen's writings on moral philosophy, De indolentia provides important evidence for second-century literary culture, including ancient library culture. It also addresses topics of interest to scholars in the field of ancient Christianity. The volume includes a brand new English translation of the text, a collation of all discrepancies among the leading critical editions of the Greek text, and essays by eminent scholars on different aspects of the text.
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  • Title

    Galen's de Indolentia: Essays on a Newly Discovered Letter

  • Authors

    Clare K. Rothschild +1

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Mohr Siebeck

  • Published

    August 2014

  • Weight

    545g

  • Page Count

    347

  • Dimensions

    15.5 x 23.2 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9783161532153

  • ISBN-10

    3161532155

  • Eden Code

    4892792

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