The tradition on the physician Menecrates of Syracuse (IV century B.C.) is opposing: a comic tradition (Alexis and Ephippus) on one side, a philosophical tradition (Aristotle or his pupil Menon) on the other. The paper considers what is true and what is fiction in these sources.
Menecrates of Syracuse: Reality and Fiction
SQUILLACE, Giuseppe
2015-01-01
Abstract
The tradition on the physician Menecrates of Syracuse (IV century B.C.) is opposing: a comic tradition (Alexis and Ephippus) on one side, a philosophical tradition (Aristotle or his pupil Menon) on the other. The paper considers what is true and what is fiction in these sources.File in questo prodotto:
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