Hippiatrica

The Hippiatrica (Greek: Ἱππιατρικά) is a Byzantine compilation of ancient Greek writings, or texts, focused on the care and healing of horses.[1&

Hippiatrica
Folio from the Hippiatrica with written and illustrated instructions on drenching a horse to induce diarrhea.

The Hippiatrica (Greek: Ἱππιατρικά) is a Byzantine compilation of ancient Greek writings, or texts, focused on the care and healing of horses.[1] The texts were probably compiled in the 5th or 6th century AD by an unknown editor.[1]

Contents

The writings of seven authors from Late Antiquity make up the main parts of the Hippiatrica: 1) the veterinary manuals of Apsyrtus, 2) Eumelus (a veterinarian in Thebes, Greece[2]), 3) Hierocles, 4) Hippocrates, 5) Theomnestus, 6) Pelagonius's Latin text translated into Greek, and 7) the chapter on horses from Anatolius's text on agriculture.[3] The seven authors allude to the classical Greek veterinarians Xenophon and Simon of Athens.[3] They were also influenced by Hellenistic agricultural literature based on Mago of Carthage.[3] In the 10th century AD, two more writings from Late Antiquity were added to the Hippiatrica: a work by Tiberius and an anonymous set of Prognoses and Remedies (Greek: Προγνώσεις καὶ ἰάσεις).[4] The contents of the Hippiatrica focus on practical treatment rather than on medical theory.[5] Also, the texts in the Hippiatrica come in different styles: proverbs, poetry, incantations, letters, instructions, prooimia, medical definitions, recipes, and reminiscences.[6] Cheiron, the Greek centaur connected to healing and veterinary medicine, appears twice in the Hippiatrica and a cure called a cheironeion (χειρώνειον) is named after the mythological creature.[7]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 McCabe 2007, p. 1.
  2. ↑ Karasszon 1988, p. 115.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 McCabe 2007, p. 13.
  4. ↑ McCabe 2007, pp. 13–14.
  5. ↑ McCabe 2007, p. 15.
  6. ↑ McCabe 2007, p. 14.
  7. ↑ McCabe 2007, pp. 10–11.

Sources

  • McCabe, Anne (2007). A Byzantine Encyclopaedia of Horse Medicine: The Sources, Compilation, and Transmission of the Hippiatrica. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-153510-9.
  • Karasszon, Dénes (1988). A Concise History of Veterinary Medicine. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó. ISBN 978-9-63-054610-2.

Further reading

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