The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Volume LXXX

edited by D. Leith and M. Hirt

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Extent: 200 pages

Publisher: Egypt Exploration Society

Subjects: Ancient Egypt, Classical Studies, Medicine

Series: Graeco-Roman Memoirs

Series volume number: 101

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(April 2015)

ISBN: 9780856982224

Price: $170.00

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P. Oxy. LXXX features texts from the New Medical Texts from Oxyrhynchus project (2007-10), funded by the Wellcome Trust. It includes known works by Hippocrates, Dioscorides, and Galen, plus new texts on acute diseases, medical recipes, and surgical reports from the 1st to 4th centuries.


P. Oxy. LXXX contains texts studied in the course of the project New Medical Texts from Oxyrhynchus (2007-10), funded by the Wellcome Trust. These include known medical texts by Hippocrates, Dioscorides and Galen, but also new material: texts from 1st to 3rd/4th centuries on acute diseases, medical recipes, surgical texts, and doctors’ reports.

  • Edited by M. Hirt
  • Edited by D. Leith

"Research in the area of Greco-Roman medicine continues to blosssom, and this volume from the Oxyrhynchus series is not only a boon to that endeavor but also for historical and manuscript studies in general. As with the other volumes in the series, this themed volume is produced with remarkable quality of scholarship and attention to detail. The analyses of these papyri demonstrate both the expertise of the editors and their love for the subject matter." --W. Andrew Smith, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016.03.36
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