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Petit, Caroline (2018) A long lost text : Galen’s Περὶ Ἀλυπίας. In: Petit, Caroline, (ed.) Galen's Treatise Περὶ Ἀλυπίας (De indolentia) in context : a tale of resilience. Studies in Ancient Medicine, 52 . Leiden: Brill , pp. 1-9. ISBN 9789004383302
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004383302_002
Abstract
This volume arises from a one-day conference, the “Galen Day”, held at Warwick University on July 1, 2014 and supported by the Faculty of Arts at the University of Warwick, the Department of Classics and Ancient History, and a Wellcome Trust Medical Humanities Small Grant (105153/Z/14/Z). I wish to express my gratitude to those institutions for their support, and to Simon Swain (then chair of the Faculty of Arts) in particular for encouraging and actively backing the project. The chosen theme of the conference was Galen’s newly discovered περὶ ἀλυπίας (henceforth: PA), a text that has generated more discussion since its discovery than any other work by the great Galen. Several reasons helped me decide to select the PA as the focus of the conference. A new translation by Vivian Nutton had just appeared, as part of a fine new volume edited by Peter Singer.1 As a new English translation by the most accomplished Galen scholar alive, it signalled a turning point and marked a significant improvement on what was available to scholars. As such, it was a landmark worth celebrating, and a potential starting point for new discussions around the text. Indeed, the Greek text is available in two main editions (Kotzia/Soutiroudis, and Boudon-Millot/Jouanna/Pietrobelli, henceforth KS and BJP, both published in 2010), which significantly differ from one another; Nutton brings a new take on both, and, with it, new interpretations. No translation is definitive, and neither of the editions cited above is, as recently published conjectures demonstrate;2 but Nutton’s new translation was certainly instrumental in the speakers’ prepara-tion, and in finalising the papers presented here. It is certainly a new high for many scholars interested in this vibrant little work. Vivian Nutton was present at the conference, which he accepted to introduce, and chair: this volume is dedicated to him with gratitude, for this and the many other times he has given support and advice.
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Classics and Ancient History | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Galen -- Criticism and interpretation, Medicine, Greek and Roman | ||||||
| Series Name: | Studies in Ancient Medicine | ||||||
| Publisher: | Brill | ||||||
| Place of Publication: | Leiden | ||||||
| ISBN: | 9789004383302 | ||||||
| Book Title: | Galen's Treatise Περὶ Ἀλυπίας (De indolentia) in context : a tale of resilience | ||||||
| Editor: | Petit, Caroline | ||||||
| Official Date: | 24 December 2018 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 52 | ||||||
| Number of Pages: | 296 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-9 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1163/9789004383302_002 | ||||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 18 February 2019 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 February 2019 | ||||||
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