Herbs as pharmaka: between Medicine, Astrology and Magic

Freni, Giulia

dc.contributor.author	Freni, Giulia
dc.date.accessioned	2024-03-06T10:14:36Z
dc.date.available	2024-03-06T10:14:36Z
dc.date.issued	2023-10-13
dc.identifier.issn	2084-140X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11089/50686
dc.description.abstract	In the ancient and Byzantine world, natural elements were used to cure a certain disease, as attested by traditional medical sources such as Hippocrates, Dioscorides and Galen. However, the therapeutic properties of these substances are also described in some compilations that transmit another type of knowledge: the Cyranides, a hermetic work that illustrates the usages of vegetable, animal and mineral species for different purposes; Cassianus Bassus’ Geoponica, an important source of the ancient agronomic-botanical tradition; the Hygromanteia Salomonis, a hermetic and esoteric treatise dedicated to planetary divination, which also illustrates the correspondences between plants, planets and zodiac signs. The herbs described in these compilations are suggested as φάρμακα for the treatment of diseases, but also for other purposes such as warding off demons or having luck (e.g. in Monacensis gr. 70, which transmits Hygromanteia Salomonis, Jupiter’s plant is χρυσάγκαθον, capable of causing extraordinary healings). This denotes the development of a parallel medicine, connected with magic and astrology, and in some cases the practices discussed still have folkloric implications today. Therefore, this contribution intends to analyse these three magico- -medical works, highlighting the similarities and differences from traditional medical sources as well as the link between medicine, magic and astrology.	en
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego	pl
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Studia Ceranea	en
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subject	plants	en
dc.subject	pharmaka	en
dc.subject	Cyranides	en
dc.subject	Geoponica	en
dc.subject	Hygromanteia Salomonis	en
dc.subject	medicine	en
dc.subject	astrology	en
dc.subject	magic	en
dc.subject	folklore	en
dc.title	Herbs as pharmaka: between Medicine, Astrology and Magic	en
dc.type	Article
dc.page.number	321-346
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	University of Basilicata, Faculty of Human Sciences	en
dc.identifier.eissn	2449-8378
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dc.contributor.authorEmail	giulia.freni@unibas.it
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