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Dates and measures: history and some Hippocratic texts (2020)

Fox, Robin Lane (Author)
Meadows, Andrew (Author)

Technai, An International Journal for Ancient Science and Technology
Volume: 11
Pages: 95-112
Publication date: 2020
Language: English

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Linguistics; philology Epidemics Ecdotics; source study (methodology) Hippocratic medicine Weights and measures Manuscripts Medicine Ancient

This paper begins with discussion of the dating of "Epidemics" 1 and 3 and argues for the period ca. 471-467 b.c. for the timespan that they encompass. It then moves on to consideration of the Aeginetan and Attic weight-standards that are specified in a number of Hippocratic texts, and considers their value both for dating and determining the place of composition of layers of the texts in question. It is also suggested that the standards in question are coin-standards, and that the author(s) of these passages envisaged the use of coins in the practical activity of weighing out the substances for which they are specified.

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