Classical Studies 2900 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 Notes - Celsus

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2900
• Professor: Beate Gundert

Document Summary

Aulus cornelius celsus: note all the of the names end in -us (masculine ending for males in latin) or might also be a greek author that got a latin ending. Cornelius is the family name: greeks usually have only one name, 1st century a. d. - time that rome stretched over italy and the mediterranean and. Greek culture was dominant at this time: celsus wrote about. Medicine which were based on greek writings - greeks were more theoretically oriented. Celsus took greek sources and gave them a latin form: at the time of celsus, medicine was divided into three parts. uncivilized here means people who have not yet developed skill. This encapsulates the idea that there were some medicinal practices ready at hand: this form of herb healing becomes more of a skill or more of a techne; the. Greeks are more experienced in this than the romans. Aesculapius (g. asklepios: encountered for the first time in 800 b. c.