Petit, Caroline (2018) Galien de Pergame ou la rhétorique de la providence : Médecine, littérature et pouvoir à Rome. Mnemosyne Supplements , 420 . Leiden ; Boston : Brill . ISBN 9789004380967

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Abstract

Caroline Petit’s book, Galien de Pergame ou la rhétorique de la Providence: Médecine, littérature et pouvoir à Rome is the first comprehensive study of the role of rhetoric in Galen’s œuvre. Physician to several Roman emperors and author of the most impressive body of works in antiquity up to AD 350, Galen created a compelling figure of authority through his medical and philosophical works. The book analyses the range of Galen’s rhetorical mastery through five chapters, studying in turn Galen and the Hellenic tradition, Galen’s demonstrative and refutative tactics, the role of enargeia in Galen’s descriptions and narratives, his ‘hymn’ to Nature in his main anatomical work, De usu partium, and finally autobiography and self-portrait in his œuvre.

Item Type:	Book
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > Classics and Ancient History
Series Name:	Mnemosyne Supplements
Publisher:	Brill
Place of Publication:	Leiden ; Boston
ISBN:	9789004380967
Book Title:	Galien de Pergame ou la rhétorique de la providence
Official Date:	11 September 2018
Dates:	Date Event 11 September 2018 Published
Volume:	420
Number of Pages:	294
DOI:	10.1163/9789004380967
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Copyright Holders:	2018 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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