The Greek Medical Tradition Collection

The Ancient Greek Medicine Collection includes all known works of Ancient Greek Literature works treading with health and medicine, a total of 60 volumes, carrying the thought of the great physicians of antiquity.

What does the Ancient Greek Medicine Collection include?

The Ancient Greek Medicine Collection brings together 60 volumes of the most important surviving medical and health-related texts from Ancient Greek and Greco-Roman literature, covering the full spectrum of ancient medical knowledge—from clinical observation and diagnosis to anatomy, pharmacology, botany, and therapeutic practice.

It features the complete works of leading physicians:

• Hippocrates (17 volumes): Hippocrates’ work represents a decisive turning point in the history of medicine, laying the foundations of scientific medical practice as understood today.
• Galen (29 volumes): Galen’s treatment of the human body as an integrated whole, defined in health by balance and moderation, makes his work relevant even in today’s era of rapid medical and technological advancement.
• Pedanius Dioscurides (8 volumes): The work of the greatest pharmacologist and botanist of antiquity records the entirety of ancient pharmacology, botany, and practical medicine, as well as elements of popular tradition and the folk beliefs surrounding health.
• Aretaeus (2 volumes): Aretaeus’ work places great emphasis on anatomy and focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of both acute and chronic diseases.
• Soranus (2 volumes): The work of one of the most important physicians of the Roman Empire.
• Oribasius (1 volume): The work of Emperor Julian’s personal physician (Kaktos edition in progress).
• Anonymus Londinensis (1 volume): A rendering of the papyrus which is partially preserved in the British Museum. Dating to the 2nd century CE, this work refers to now-lost earlier sources about otherwise unknown physicians of antiquity.