In the Grip of Disease Studies in the Greek Imagination

This original nad lively book explores Greek ideas about health anddisease and their influence on Greek thought. Fundamental issues such ascausation and responsibility, purification and pollution, mind-body relationsand gender differences, authority and the expert and who can challenge them,reality and appearances, good government, happiness, and good and evilthemselves are deeply implicated. Using the evidence not just from Greekmedical theory and practice but also from epic, lyric, tragedy, historiography,philosophy, and religion, G. E. R. Lloyd offers the first comprehensive accountof the influence of Greek thought about health and disease on the Greekimagination.

G. E. R. Lloyd is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Philosophy and Science at the University of Cambridge