Dioscorides

Dioscorides, accuratius Pedanius Dioscurides Anazarbeus (Graece Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης Ἀναζαρβεύς) fuit auctor saeculo I p.C.n. de herbis et medicamentis, ex urbe Anazarbo Ciliciae ortus, per Imperium Romanum ut videtur laborans, Graece scribens.

Vide etiam paginam fere homonymam: Dioscurides (Antigoni nepos).

Dioscorides

Res apud Vicidata repertae:

Dioscorides: imago

Nativitas: 40 CE; Anazarbus
Obitus: 90 CE;
Patria: Roma antiqua

Opera

Dioscorides de herba mandragora a dea Inventione (Graece Εὕρεσις) certior factus. Dioscorides Vindobonensis (liber anno fere 512 factus) f. 4v

• De materia medica
• Euporista sive De simplicibus medicinis
• De paeonia et quid efficere potest

Opus falso Dioscoridi adscriptum

• Liber medicinae ex herbis femininis

Bibliographia

Antiquiora

• "Pedacius or Pedanius Dioscorides" in Gulielmus Smith (1844–1849). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology [📖]. Londinii: Taylor & Walton [fere inutilis]

Recentiora

• Alison Denham, Midge Whitelegg, "Deciphering Dioscorides: Mountains and Molehills?" in S. Francia, A. Stobart, edd., Critical Approaches to the History of Western Herbal Medicine (Londinii: Bloomsbury, 2014) (Paginae selectae apud Google Books)
• John M. Riddle, Dioscorides on pharmacy and medicine. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1985
• John Scarborough, Pharmacy's ancient heritage: Theophrastus, Nicander and Dioscorides. Lexington, 1985.
• John Scarborough, Vivian Nutton, "The Preface of Dioscorides' Materia Medica: introduction, translation, commentary" in Transactions and studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia n.s. vol. 4 (1982) pp. 187-227.
• Max Wellmann, "Dioskurides (12)" in Paulys Real-Enzyklopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft edd. G. Wissowa et alii (Stuttgart, 1893-1972 ~ ~) vol. 5 pars 1 (1903) pp. 1131–1142

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