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The aim of this book is to make three of the Roman physician
Galen's shorter works (On my Own Books, On the Order of my Own
Books, and That the Best Physician is also a Philosopher)
accessible to intermediate students of Ancient Greek. The running
vocabulary and grammatical commentary are meant to provide
everything necessary to read each page. Although Galen can be a
little difficult at times, his language gets easier and more
predictable with practice, and these three works are a great
introduction to this fascinating figure. They are not strictly
speaking medical works, but reflections on his own work and thought
that throw extraordinary light on the relationship of the medical
profession in antiquity to wider currents of thought in the
brilliant period of Greek literature known as the "second
sophistic."
The aim of this book is to make Lucian's On the Syrian Goddess
accessible to intermediate students of Ancient Greek. The running
vocabulary and commentary are meant to provide everything necessary
to read each page. On the Syrian Goddess is a great text for
intermediate readers. The simple sentence structure and
straightforward presentation make it easy and enjoyable to read,
while its subject matter, the cult and sanctuary of Atargatis in
Hierapolis, is interesting at many levels. The author recounts
personal observations about the worship of this Near Eastern
goddess, whose cult included numerous exotic practices, such as
temple prostitution and self-castration. There is a version of the
Near Eastern flood story as well as unusual versions of myths
familiar from Greek mythology. In addition, the author has crafted
a careful imitation of the Ionic prose of Herodotus, a dialect that
existed only as a literary artifact at the time of the work's
composition.
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