Giulia Freni

Titoli dell'autore

Mythical Panaceas of the Ancient World: the Healing Discoveries of Chiron, Heracles, and Asclepius digital

Anno: 2025

In antiquity, some substances were considered to be susceptible to heal any human disease. They were defined as panacea (universal remedy). Many of them were associated with mythological creatures, heroes, or gods. We find similar accounts for the πάνακες Χειρώνιον, the πάνακες Ἡράκλειον, and the πάνακες Ἀσκληπίειον...

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Indian flora as described by Cosmas Indicopleustes. A cross-analysis with Greek and Indian sources digital

di Giulia Freni, Alessandro Giudice

Anno: 2024

At the beginning of the sixth century CE, the Egyptian monk Cosmas Indicopleustes accomplished a journey to the principal ports of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. When he returned to Egypt, he wrote an account of the places he visited, namely the Topographia Christiana...

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