Commentary

Editions of the most popular ancient works cited are available in the Loeb Classical Library (Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press), publishing the Greek or Latin text with an English translation. References that read “LCL: Volume Title, Page Number” (e.g. LCL: Celsus II, 200 or LCL: Galen Method of Medicine I, 1xxxviii–ix) refer to notes, translations, or introductions in one of these editions. Additional publications of these texts and other sources can be found in the editions referred to below.

Ael. – Aelian

Ael. NA – Aelian, On Animals.

Brodersen, K. (ed. & tr.) (2018). Tierleben. Berlin, De Gruyter.

Ael. VH – Aelian, Historical Miscellany.

Brodersen, K. (ed. & tr.) (2018). Vermischte Forschung. Berlin, De Gruyter

Aët. – Aëtius

Daremberg, C. & Ruelle, C. E. (eds.) (1897). “Iatricorum Liber XI.” Oeuvres de Rufus d’Ephèse: texte collationné sur les manuscrits, traduit pour le première fois en français, avec une introduction. Paris, Imprimerie national: 85–126, 568–81.

Kostomiris, G. A. (ed.) (1892). Ἀετίου λόγος δωδέκατoς. Paris, Klincksieck.

Olivieri, A. (ed.) (1935). Aëtii Amideni libri medicinales i-iv. Leipzig, Teubner.

Olivieri, A. (ed.) (1950). Aëtii Amideni libri medicinales v-viii. Berlin, Akademie.

Zervos, S. (ed.) (1901). Gynaekoloie des Aëtios (Iatricorum Liber XVI). Leipzig, Fock.

Zervos, S. (ed.) (1906). “Ἀετίου Ἀμιδηνοῦ περὶ δακνόντων ζῷων καὶ ἰοβόλων.” Athena 18: 264–92.

Zervos, S. (ed.) (1909). “Ἀετίου Ἀμιδηνοῦ λόγος δέκατος πέμπτος.” Athena 21: 7–138.

Zervos, S. (ed.) (1911). “Ἀετίου Ἀμιδηνοῦ λόγος δέκατος ἔνατος.” Athena 23: 273–390.

Alex. – Alexander of Tralles

Alex. Therap. – Alexander, Therapeutica

Alex. Lumbric. – Alexander, De Lumbricos

Puschmann, T. (ed.) (1963). Alexander von Tralles, Vols. 1–2. Amsterdam, Hakkert.

Antidot. Brux. – Antidotaria duo codicis Bruxellensis

Rose, V. (ed.) (1894). “Antidotaria duo codicis Bruxellensis.” Theodori Prisciani Euporiston Libri III cum Physicorum Fragmento et Additamentis Pseudo-Theodoreis. Leipzig, Teubner: 363–96.

Ps-Apul. – Pseudo-Apuleius

Brodersen, K. (ed. and tr.) (2015). Apuleius’ Heilkräuterbuch/Apulei Herbarius. Wiesbaden, Marix.

Howald, E. & Sigerist, H. (eds.) (1927). Antonii Musae De herba Vettonica liber, Pseudo-Apulei Herbarius, Anonymi De taxone liber, Sexti Placiti Liber medicinae ex animalibus. Leipzig, Teubner: 15–217, 287–98.

Archig. – Archigenes

Brescia, C. (ed.) (1955). Frammenti medicinali di Archigene. Naples, Libereria Scientfica Editrice.

Aret. – Aretaeus

Aret. CA – Aretaeus De curatione acutorum morborum (Books 5–6).

Aret. CD – Aretaeus De curatione diuturnorum morborum (Books 7–8).

Aret. SA – Aretaeus De causis et signis acutorum morborum (Books 1–2).

Aret. SD – Aretaeus De causis et signis diuturnorum morborum (Books 3–4).

Hude, K. (ed.) (1958). Aretaeus, 2nd edn. Berlin, Akademie.

Aristophanes of Byzantium, Epit. – Aristophanes of Byzantium, Epitome of On Animals.

Lampros, S. (ed.) (1885). Excerptorum Constantini De Natura Animalium libri duo; Aristophanis Historiae Animalium epitome abiunctis Aeliani Timothei aliorumque eclogis. Berlin, Reimer.

Arist. – Aristotle

Arist. Hist. an. – Aristotle, History of Animals.

Arist. Part. an. – Aristotle, Parts of Animals.

Arist. Gen. an. – Aristotle, Generation of Animals.

Arist. [Pr.] – Aristotle, Problems.

Cassius – Cassius Felix

Rose, V. (ed.) (1879). Cassii Felicis De Medicina Ex Graecis Logicae Sectae Auctoribus Liber Translatus. Leipzig, Teubner.

Cels. – Celsus

Cod. Sang. – Codex Sangallensis

Cod. Sang. 751: A compendium of 39 medical texts (9th Century). St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek. Viewed 20 April 2017, <www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0751>.

Cod. Sand. 752: Manuscript compilation: Pliny the Younger’s chapter on medicine; Gargilius Martialis, the Medicinae ex oleribus et pomis by Gargilius Martialis; treatise Oxea et chronia passions Yppocratis, Gallieni et Urani; etc. (c. 900 ec ). St. Gallen Stiftsbibliothek. <www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0752>.

Crateuas

Wellmann, M. (ed.) (1914). “Fragmenta.” Pedanii Dioscuridis Anazarbei De materia medica libri quinque. Berlin, Weidmann: 144–6.

Cyran. – Cyranides

Kaimakes, D. (ed.) (1976). Die Kyraniden. Meisenheim am Glan, Hain.

Damig. – Damigeron

Abel, E. (ed.) (1881). Orphei Lithica: Accedit Damigeron De Lapidibus. Berlin, Apud S. Calvary et Socios: 161–95.

Brodersen, K. (ed. & tr.) (2016). Heilende Steine/De Lapidibus. Wiesbaden, Marix.

Diocl. – Diocles of Carystus

van der Eijk, P. (ed.) (2000). Diocles of Carystus: A Collection of the Fragments With Translation and Commentary, Vol. I. Leiden, Brill.

Diosc. – Dioscorides

Diosc. Eup. – Dioscorides, Euporista

Diosc. MM – Dioscorides, De Materia Medica

Beck, L. (tr.) (2017). De Materia Medica. Hildesheim, Olms.

Wellmann, M. (ed.) (1906–14). Pedanii Dioscuridis Anazarbei De materia medica libri quinque. Berlin, Weidmann.

Ps-Diosc. – Pseudo-Dioscorides

Ps-Diosc. Alex. – Pseudo-Dioscorides, Alexipharmaca

Ps-Diosc. Lapid. – Pseudo-Dioscorides, De Lapidus

Ps-Diosc. Ther. – Pseudo-Dioscorides, Theriaca

Ruelle, C. (ed.) (1898). “De lapidibus.” Les lapidaries de l’antiquité et du Moyen Age, Vol. 2.1. Paris, Leroux: 179–83.

Sprengel, K. (ed.) (1830). Pedanii Dioscorides Anazarbei, Vol. 2. Leipzig, Knobloch.

DMAC – De morbis acutis et chroniis.

Garofalo, I. (ed.) (1997). Anonymi medici De morbis acutis et chroniis. Leiden, Brill.

Gal. – Galen

Ad Glauconem de medendi methodo libri ii, K11.1–146.

De alimentorum facultatibus libri iii, K6.453–748.

De antidotis libri ii, K14.1–209.

De compositione medicamentorum per genera libri vii, K13.362–1058.

De compositione medicamentorum secundum locos libri x, K12.378–1007; K13.1–361.

De locis affectis libri vi, K8.1–452.

De methodo medendi libri xiv, K10.

De naturalibus facultibus, K2.101–257.

De sanitate tuenda libri vi, K6.1–452.

De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus libri xi, K11.379–892; K12.1–377.

De theriaca ad Pisonem, K14.210–294.

Ps-Gal. – Pseudo-Galen

De fasciis liber, K18a.768–827.

De remediis parabilibus libri iii, K14.311–581.

De theriaca ad Pamphilianum, K14.295–310.

Definitiones medicae, K19.346–462.

Introductio seu medicus, K14.674–797.

Everett, N. (2012). The Alphabet of Galen: Pharmacy from Antiquity to the Middle Ages: A Critical Edition of the Latin Text With English Translation and Commentary. Toronto, University of Toronto Press.

Kühn, K. (ed.) (1821–33). Galeni Opera Omnia. Leipzig, Knobloch. (the volume number of Kühn’s edition is abbreviated as K; this includes works of Galen & Pseudo-Galen).

Leigh, R. (2013). On Theriac to Piso, Attributed to Galen, a Critical Edition With Translation and Commentary. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Exeter.

Garg. – Gargilius Martialis

Maire, B. (2002). Gargilius Martialis: Les Remèdes tirés des légumes et des fruits. Paris, Les Belle Lettres.

Rose, V. (ed.) (1875). “Medicinae ex Oleribus et Pomis.” Plinii Secundi quae fertur una cum Gargilii Martialis Medicina. Leipzig, Teubner: 132–208 (the recensio altera is printed below the main text).

Ps-Garg. – Pseudo-Gargilius

Lommatzsch, E. (ed.) (1903). “Curae Boum ex Corpore.” P. Vegeti Renati Digesta artis mulomedicinae Accedit Gargili Martialis De Curis Boum Frangmentum. Leipzig, Teubner: 307–10.

Geopon. – Geoponica

Beckh, H. (ed.) (1895). Geoponica. Leipzig, Teubner.

Harpocrat. – Harpocration

Boudreaux, P. (1912). Catalogus codicum astrologorum graecorum, Vol. 8.3: Codices Parisini. Brussels, Lamerton: 134–51.

Herod. – Aelius Herodianus

Lentz, A. (ed.) (1965). “De prosodia catholica.” Grammatici Graeci, Vol. 3.1. Repr. Hildesheim, Olms: 3–547.

Hesych. – Hesychius

Hansen, P. (ed.) (2005). Hesychii Alexandrini lexicon, Vol. III. Berlin, De Gruyter.

Hippiatr. – Hippiatrica

Hippiatr. Berol. – Hippiatrica Berolinensia

Hippiatr. Cant. – Hippiatrica Cantabrigiensia

Hippiatr. Paris. – Hippiatrica Parisina

Hoppe, K. & Oder, E. (eds.) (1924–7). Corpus hippiatricorum Graecorum, Vols. 1–2. Leipzig, Teubner.

Hippoc. – Hippocrates

Hippoc. Acut. (Sp.) – Hippocrates, Regimen in Acute Diseases (Appendix)

Hippoc. Aff. – Hippocrates, Affections

Hippoc. Aphor. – Hippocrates, Aphorisms

Hippoc. Art. – Hippocrates, On Joints

Hippoc. Epid. – Hippocrates, Epidemics

Hippoc. Fist. – Hippocrates, Fistulas

Hippoc. Haem. – Hippocrates, Haemorrhoids

Hippoc. Int. – Hippocrates, Internal Affections

Hippoc. Liq. – Hippocrates, Use of Liquids

Hippoc. Morb. – Hippocrates, Diseases

Hippoc. Morb. mul. – Hippocrates, Diseases of Women

Hippoc. Morb. Sacr. – Hippocrates, On the Sacred Disease

Hippoc. Prorrh. – Hippocrates, Prorrhetic

Hippoc. Reg. – Hippocrates, Regimen

Hippoc. Reg. Health – Hippocrates, Regimen in Health

Hippoc. Ulc. – Hippocrates, Ulcers

Isid. – Isidorus Hispalensis

Isid. Etym. – Isidorus, Etymologiae

Lindsay, W. (ed.) (1911). Isidori Hispalensis Episcopi Etymologiarum siue Originum libri XX. Oxford, Clarendon Press.

Migne, J. (ed.) (1850). De differentiis verborum. Paris, Garnier.

Iul. Afr. – Iulius Africanus

Wallraff, M. et al. (ed.) (2012). Cesti the Extant Fragments/Iulius Africanus. Berlin, De Gruyter.

Leo – Leo, Conspectus medicinae

Ermerins, F. (ed.) (1963). “Conspectus medicinae.” Anecdota medica Graeca. Amsterdam, Hakkert: 80–86, 89–217.

Marc. – Marcellus Empiricus

Epist. – Epistula Plinii Secundi ad amicos de medicina (Helmreich 13–14, Liechtenhahn 34–36).

Helmreich, G. (ed.) (1899). De Medicamentis Liber. Leipzig, Teubner.

Liechtenhan, E. (ed.) (1968). De medicamentis liber, post Maximilianum Niedermann Iteratis curis, 2 vols. Corpus Medicorum Latinorum 5. Kollesch, J. & Nickel, D. (trs.). Berlin, Akademie.

Med. Plin. – Medicina Plinii

Brodersen, K. (ed. & tr.) (2015). Plinius’ Kleine Reiseapotheke. Stuttgart, Steiner.

Önnerfors, A. (1964). Plinii Secundi Iunioris qui feruntur De medicina libri tres. Corpus Medicorum Latinorum III. Berlin, Akademie.

Rose V. (1875). Plinii Secundi quae fertur una cum Gargilii Martialis medicina. Leipzig, Teubner.

Metrod. – Metrodora

Del Guerra, G. (ed.) (1953). Il Libro di Metrodora: sulla malattie delle donne e il recettario di cosmetica e terapia. Milan, Cheschina.

Mulomed. Chiron. – Mulomedicina Chironis.

Oder, E. (ed.) (1901). Mulomedicina Chironis. Leipzig, Teubner.

Ps-Musa – Pseudo-Antonius Musa

Howald, E. & Sigerist, H. (eds.) (1927). Antonii Musae De herba Vettonica liber, Pseudo-Apulei Herbarius, Anonymi De taxone liber, Sexti Placiti Liber medicinae ex animalibus. Leipzig, Teubner: 3–11.

Nic. – Nicander

Nic. Ther. – Nicander, Theriaca

Nic. Alex. – Nicander, Alexipharmaca

Nicander (1953). Poems and Poetical Fragments. Gow, A. & Scholfield, A. (trs.) Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

Orib. – Oribasius

Orib. CM – Oribasius, Collectionum medicarum

Orib. EM – Oribasius, Eclogae medicamentorum

Orib. Eun. – Oribasius, Libri ad Eunapium

Orib. Syn. – Oribasius, Synopsis ad Eustathium

Raeder, J. (ed.) (1928–33). Collectionum medicarum reliquiae, Vols. I-IV (incl. eclogae medicamentorum). Leipzig, Teubner.

Raeder, J. (ed.) (1926) Synopsis ad Eustathium: Libri ad Eunapium. Leipzig, Teubner.

Orphic Lithica

Halleux, R. & Schamp, J. (eds.) (1985). “Lithica kerygmata.” Les lapidaries grecs. Paris, Les Belles Lettres: 146–77.

Pall. Agric. – Palladius, Opus Agriculturae

Brodersen, K. (ed. & tr.) (2016). Das Bauernjahr. Berlin, De Gruyter.

Rodgers, R. (ed.) (1975). Palladii Rutilii Tauri Aemiliani viri inlustris Opus agriculturae de veterinaria medicina de insitione. Leipzig, Teubner.

Pap. Oxy. – Papyrus Oxyrhynchus

Hunt, A. (1911). The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Pt. VIII. London, Egypt Exploration Society.

Paul. Aeg. – Paulus Aegineta

Heiberg, J. (ed.) (1921–4). Paulus Aegineta, 2 vols. Leipzig, Teubner.

Paul. Nic. – Paulus Nicaeensis

Ieraci Bio, A. (ed.) (1996). Paulo di Nicea: Manuele Medico. Naples, Bibliopolis.

PGM – Papyri Graecae Magicae

Preisendanz et al. (1973–4). Papyri Graecae Magicae: Die griechischen Zauberpapyri. Stuttgart, Teubner.

Philum. – Philumenus.

Wellmann, M. (ed.) (1908). Philumeni De venenatis animalibus eorumque remediis. Leipzig, Teubner.

Physiologus – Physiologus Graecus

Sbordone, F. (ed.) (1976). Physiologus. Hildesheim, Olms.

Plac. – Sextus Placitus

Howald, E. & Sigerist, H. (eds.) (1927). Antonii Musae De herba Vettonica liber, Pseudo-Apulei Herbarius, Anonymi De taxone liber, Sexti Placiti Liber medicinae ex animalibus. Leipzig, Teubner: 235–86.

Plin. – Pliny the Elder

Mayhoff, K. (ed.) (1892–7). C. Plini Secundi Naturalis Historiae, Vols. III-IV. Leipzig, Teubner.

Prom. – Aelius Promotus

Prom. Coll. – Aelius Promotus, Medicinalium Formularum Collectio (Δυναμερόν)

Prom. Ther. – Aelius Promotus, Περὶ τῶν ἰοβόλων θηρίων καὶ δηλητηρίων φαρμάκων

Crismani, D. (ed.) (2002). Elio Promoto Alessandrino, Manuale della salute (Δυναμερόν). Alessandria, Edizioni dell’Orso.

Ihm, S. (ed.) (1995). Der Traktat περὶ τῶν ἰοβλων θηρίων καὶ δηλητερίων φαρμάκων es sog: Aelius Promotus. Wiesbaden, Reichert.

Ruf. – Rufus Ephesius

Daremberg, C. & Ruelle, C. (eds.) (1879). “De renum et vesicae morbis.” Oeuvres de Rufus d’Ephèse: texte collationné sur les manuscrits, traduit pour le première fois en français, avec une introduction. Paris, Imprimerie national: 1–63.

Schol. in Opp. – Scholia in Oppianum

Bussemaker, U. (ed.) (1849). “Scholia et paraphrases in Nicandrum et Oppianum.” Dübner, F., Scholia in Theocritum. Paris, Didot: 171–449.

Scribon. – Scribonius Largus

Brodersen, K. (ed. & tr.) (2016). Compositiones/Der gute Arzt. Wiesbaden, Marix.

Helmreich, G. (ed.) (1887). Scribonii Largi Compositiones. Leipzig, Teubner.

Seren. – Quintus Serenus

Brodersen, K. (ed. & tr.) (2017). Liber medicinalis/Medizinischer Rat. Berlin, De Gruyter.

Pépin, R. (ed. & tr.) (1950). Liber medicinalis. Paris, Presses Universitaires de France.

Vollmer, F. (ed.) (1916). Quinti Sereni Liber medicinalis. Leipzig, Teubner.

Serv. – Servius Grammaticus

Thilo, G. & Hagen, H. (ed.) (1884). Servii Grammatici qui Fervuntur in Vergilii Carmina Commentarii, Vol. II. Leipzig, Teubner.

Solin. – Solinus

Brodersen, K. (ed. & tr.) (2014). Collectanea rerum mirabilium/Wunder der Welt. Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.

Mommsen, T. (ed.) (1895). C. Iulii Solini Collectanea Rerum Memorabilium. Berlin, Weidmann.

Soran. – Soranus

Ilberg, J. (ed.) (1927). Sorani Gynaeciorum libri IV, De signis fracturarum, De fasciis, Vita Hippocratis secundum Soranum. Leipzig, Teubner.

Rose, V. (ed.) (1882). Sorani Gynaeciorum Vetus Translatio Latina. Leipzig, Teubner.

Suda

Adler, A. (ed.) (1931). Suidae lexicon, Vol. 2. Leipzig, Teubner.

Suppl. Mag. – Supplementum Magicum

Daniel, R. & Maltomini, F. (1990). Supplementum Magicum, Vol. 1. Opladen, Westdeutscher Verlag.

Tatian. – Tatianus

Goodspeed, E. J. (1915). Die ältesten Apologeten. Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht: 268–305.

Theod. – Theodorus Priscianus, Euporista

Rose, V. (ed.) (1894). Theodori Prisciani Euporiston Libri III cum Physicorum Fragmento et Additamentis Pseudo-Theodoreis. Leipzig, Teubner: 1–257.

Ps-Theod. Ad. – Pseudo-Theodorus, Additamenta

Ps-Theod. Simp. – Pseudo-Theodorus, De Simplici Medicina

Rose, V. (ed.) (1894). Theodori Prisciani Euporiston Libri III cum Physicorum Fragmento et Additamentis Pseudo-Theodoreis. Leipzig, Teubner: 261–359, 403–23.

Theophr. – Theophrastus

Theophr. – Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants

Thessal. – Thessalus

Friedrich, H.-V. (ed.) (1968). Thessalos von Tralles. Meisenheim am Glan, Hain.

Veget. Mulomed. – Vegetius, Mulomedicinae

Lommatzsch, E. (ed.) (1903). P. Vegeti Renati Digesta artis mulomedicinae Accedit Gargili Martialis De Curis Boum Frangmentum. Leipzig, Teubner.