#Greeks in Medicine

[apolloprophecy]

Forgot to post Apollo lol - He’s here now! 🔆

I’ll also get back on my creepypasta grind - comment ideas you wanna see in my style!

#greek myth art #greek gods #greek mythology #greek pantheon #ancient greek #apollo #god of sun #god of medicine #god of poetry #god of music #god of light

[medusaspeach]

Classicstober Day 10: Asclepius⚕️

#greek mythology #classicstober #classicstober23 #drawtober #medusa's peach #god of medicine btw #asclepius

[artbyanca]

Apollo showing baby Asclepius some healing herbs.

#apollo #asclepius #greek gods #greek mythology #god of light #god of medicine #theoi #myth #mythology #father #son #family #child #baby #pen and ink #illustration #drawing #art #artists on tumblr

[dootznbootz]

Hi. I'm cyberbullying a long dead poet because of his shitty fanfic. Enjoy. I'd love it if you joined me.

(Before you get mad at me, yes, I know Eugammon of Cyrene is an important figure and all that. I'm sick with some sort of flu. Let me cyberbully an ancient dead fanfic writer in peace.)

#I think my favorite is the astronaut one lol #because I wanna see Homer fed up and just start taking people out. #Also Penelope not putting up with some little shit. #You know what? I'm gonna be a bitch to people who bring up Telegonus to me and be like “Oh? You mean Polites' son?👁👁” #just to fuck with people >:) #Can you imagine how confused and mad people would get at me??? I love it. #Eris threw the Golden Apple into Thetis' and Peleus' wedding and I threw this shit into tumblr #guys I'm on weird flu medicine aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa #I have not slept much because of it🙃 #Mad rambles #am I funny yet? #shot by odysseus #anti circe #anti madeline miller #Tele-GONE-y #odysseus #penelope #odyssey #the odyssey #tagamemnon #greek mythology #odypen #greek myth memes

[happyk44]

A doctor rushing to a small town on horseback, praying diligently to Hermes for safe and speedy travel so that they may make it before the patient is too sick to help. Hermes hearing this - and curious by it. People often ask for safety from thieves. Thieves ask for luck amongst the roads, potential targets to snag and steal. Merchants request shortcuts so they may sell their wares quicker. Rarely does he ever hear prayers for safety, for speed, for luck so that someone may help another.

So he follows silently, a little sparrow soaring above. Slips down from the air to the ground, as tiny as a mouse, and darts rapidly behind running boots. Watches from the corner of a room as a child weakly breathes and a doctor patiently attends to them.

It's interesting to him, the care. He's not yet seen it much in travelers - seen it in families, of course, in friends. But never in strangers. People are wary of those they meet on roads. Strangers on hidden paths, far away from helpful eyes and warrior swords, prickle with potential danger.

And yet...

It's interesting to watch the colour rise back to a pale face, cheeks flushed, lungs drained of fluid and now breathing clearer. A medicinal paste is rubbed into a lanced wound. Clear words, clear instructions.

The doctor stays for a few more days, attending to small ailments, checking in on the child. And then they're off to the next town, praying for safety and speed so they may help those who need it before it's too late.

He follows. He watches. He learns.

It fascinates him. Healing, helping. Traveling roads endlessly to take care of others. Even at cost, it's baffling. The effort, the drive - how do they manage it? Aren't they tired?

All travelers settle down eventually. Nomadic lifestyles run thin as age impacts movement. Energy. And yet on and on this doctor roams. And others soon follow.

Please, Lord Hermes, they whisper into rushing wind, please let me make it in time. Before someone falls prey to Death's cold scythe. I just want to help.

Okay, he whispers back, inaudible to their ears but not to their growing spirit. Run, my child. You will make it. You will help.

#was thinking about how the cadauceus is the symbol of medicine when it should be the rod of Asclepius #but also my belief that since doctors often traveled from town to town they were under hermes's guidance just as traveling merchants were #and travel is still normal for medicine!! traveling nurses are still a thing you know #and doctors who go overseas to perform medicial procedures in impoverished places that dont have access to that kinda care #happy talks greek mythos #hermes #he's curious and he follows and he learns

[madcat-world]

Age of Pantheons: Hermes (2 of 4) - Federica Costantini

#Age of Pantheons #Hermes #Federica Costantini #Greek #gods #psychopomp #death #medicine #game art #digital art #fantasy art

[thaliasthunder]

no bc a live action of the song of achilles would actually be the absolutely ruin of me

#GUYS???????? #IMAGINE HOW FUCKING AESTHETICALLY PLEASANT ALL THE PELION SCENES WOULD BE #ALL ITS SCENES W A WARM SHADE OF YELLOW #IMAGINE TWO ACTORS OF BABY PAT AND ACHILLES IN PELION #SHOWING THEM RUNNING THRU MEADOWS; SPLASHING EACH OTHER IN THE RIVER; CLIMBING TWISTED TREES OR POINTING OUT CONSTELLATIONS??????????????? #BABY PAT LEARNING MEDICINE AND BABY ACHILLES PLAYING THE LYRE #AND THEN SHOWING THEIR TRANSITION TO 16 YEAR OLDS #THE FIRST KISS SCENE IN PHTHIA'S BEACH??????? #IM YANKING MY HAIR #tsoa #the song of achilles #achilles #patroclus #patrochilles #madeline miller #greek mythology #greek myth #books #achilles x patroclus #circe

[shittywriterbrain]

pfft this ιδιώτης doesn't even know the difference between greek and latin. παθητικός

#shh i just want to feel intellectually superior ok #but i feel like someone whos studied medicine for like 10 years should know the difference #though house probably doesnt care #also do Not look at the greek words beyond that they a) do exist and b) fit the english sentence structure #theres no spiritus on the ιδιώτης but idk how to do that my keyboard only has the accent #house md #hatecrimes md

[ancientorigins]

Did you know that your taste buds could hold the key to ancient medicinal wisdom?  A new study explores the tantalizing connection between taste and medicinal healing, revealing the untold stories of botanical medicine.

In ancient Greece and beyond, taste played a pivotal role in medicinal practices. Four basic taste sensations got integrated into this equilibrium model and were associated with the four humors. They believed that medicine restored the humoral system and balance in the body.  

Using a predictive model, researchers found taste correlations with therapeutic properties. Ancient remedies may inspire modern treatments. From bitter to sweet, the link between taste and medicinal properties transcends centuries, revealing the enduring links between ancient practices and contemporary healthcare.

#ancient remedies #medicine #healing #drugs #Greek #Roman #ancient medicines

[theoihalioistuff]

Hermes Kriophoros

"[In the city of Tanagra] There are sanctuaries of Hermes Kriophoros (Ram-bearer) and of Hermes Promakhos (Frontline Fighter). They account for the former surname by a story that Hermes averted a pestilence from the city by carrying a ram round the walls; to commemorate this Kalamis made an image of Hermes carrying a ram upon his shoulders. Whichever of the youths is judged to be the most handsome goes round the walls at the feast of Hermes, carrying a lamb on his shoulders." (Paus. 9.22.1)

We know what to do when the next pandemic hits. We are prepared.

READY THE BEAUTY PAGEANTS!!!

#Hermes #greek mythology #greek myths #greek gods #Hermes Kriophoros #beauty contests are now a universal healthcare concern under the scope of preventive medicine #still not an alternative to vaccination though #tagamemnon

[lionofchaeronea]

A physician treats a patient. Attic red-figure aryballos, name-vase of the Clinic Painter; 470s BCE. Now in the Louvre. Photo credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen/Wikimedia Commons.

#classics #tagamemnon #Ancient Greece #Classical Greece #ancient history #ancient medicine #art #art history #ancient art #Greek art #Ancient Greek art #Classical Greek art #vase painting #red-figure #aryballos #Clinic Painter #Louvre #Louvre Museum #Musee du Louvre

[apolloprophecy]

The one and only Apollo!! 🔆 [ WIP ]

>>> Make sure to leave me suggestions and Asks for Creepypastas and other characters of my au you wish to see!

#small artist #art wip #greek men #greek myth art #greek gods #greek mythology #ancient greek #greek pantheon #apollo #god #god of sun #god of music #god of medicine

[daily-whistlepaw]

daily whistlepaw until hy becomes PoV day 1186

silly inside joke with some friends, multitasking as a daily whis <3

#warrior cats #whistlepaw #windclan #medicine cat apprentice #we remind each other every few hours or so to drink water #I began that gimmick because one of my friends often forgets to drink without being reminded #so we just spam each other in the GC now #one of my friends said she'd do a haiku hydratation reminder #I said it in (correct) ancient Greek once already #we're having fun man #It's even reached the point that one of my friends showed this drawing to her mom #She liked it

[artbyanca]

Apollo and an infant Asclepius.

#Apollo #Asclepius #greek mythology #myth #mythology #greek gods #god of light #god of medicine #theoi #father #son #baby #kiss #family #pen and ink #illustration #drawing #art

[chloeseyeliner]

it's three and a half in the morning, i am sick on the verge of a fever and i am definitely going to do what normal people do when they come down with something!*

*read firstprince sickfics to cry over their love and caring for each other and, as a fellow perfectionist and control freak, sympathise with alex not wanting to fall behind in university just because of a disease.

#yes i am talking painkillers blah blah #but this is a better medicine #what the actual fuck covid #i trusted you #we have been besties away from each other all these years #and now that uni is starting you show up unexpectantly? #βιργινία δεν είσαι καλή συνάδελφος! (for the greek para pente fans) #the test is still coming out negative and imma go feral #and i have no friends in uni #i suppose i'll have to email the professors 💀 #thank god i did not get that job now #they would throw me out of the shop #(always look at the bright side of things!! 😭) #anyway i hope it doesn't get worse #and also #when will i stop using tumblr tags as my diary help #red white and royal blue #firstprince #rwrb fanfic

[aboutanancientenquiry]

Greek Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen

'Greek Medicine from Hippocrates to Galen

Selected Papers

Series: Studies in Ancient Medicine, Volume: 40

Author: 

Jacques Jouanna

This volume makes available for the first time in English translation a selection of Jacques Jouanna's papers on medicine in the Graeco-Roman world. The papers cover more than thirty years of Jouanna’s scholarship and range from the early beginnings of Greek medicine to late antiquity. Part One studies the ways in which Greek medicine is related to its historical and cultural background (politics, rhetoric, drama, religion). Part Two studies a number of salient features of Hippocratic medicine, such as dietetics, theories of health and disease and concepts of psychosomatic interaction, in relation to Greek philosophical thought. Part Three studies the reception of Hippocratic medicine, especially medical ethics and the theory of the four humours, in Galen and in late antiquity."

Source: https://brill.com/display/title/20068

Jacques Jouanna (b. 1935) is a French Classicist and historian of ancient Greek medicine and literature.

#ancient greek medicine #hippocrates #galen #jacques jouanna