Heroic measures : Hippocratic medicine in the making of Euripidean tragedy / / by Jennifer Clarke Kosak.

• Superior document: Studies in ancient medicine, v. 30
• Author: Kosak, Jennifer Clarke.
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in ancient medicine ; v. 30.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (239 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Tragedy, medicine and suffering in the fifth century B.C. /; The Healing Art /; Healers in Greek Tragedy /; The Story of Disease /; Causes of Disease in the Hippocratic Corpus /; Remedy in the Hippocratic Corpus /; Finding the Cause and Finding the Cure: Four Euripidean Plays /; Conclusion /; Bibliography /; Index nominum et rerum /; Index locorum /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-209) and indexes.
• ISBN: 1280859741; 9786610859740; 1429427892; 9047405951; 1433707667
• ISSN: 0925-1421
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Jennifer Clarke Kosak.

This book demonstrates the importance of Greek medical thought in the work of Euripides. The first part of the book argues for the significance of the healing figure in Euripidean drama, while the second part analyzes the role of traditional and rationalist healing strategies in the construction of Euripidean plots and arguments. The work will be of interest to those pursuing studies in Greek drama, Greek intellectual history and Greek medicine.