
A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome
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Volume I
Contributor Biographies xi
Abbreviations xix
List of Figures and Maps xxiii
Introduction 1
Part I Physics and Cosmogony 11
1 The Creation and Destruction of the World 13 Andrew D. Gregory
2 Matter 29 Daniel W. Graham
3 Motion and Energy 43 Jean De Groot
4 Nature and the Divine 60 Svetla Slaveva-Griffin
Part II The Mathematical Sciences 77
5 Mathematics 79 Reviel Netz
6 Astronomy 96 Andrew D. Gregory
7 Astrology 114 Kocku von Stuckrad
8 Ancient Optics: Theories and Problems of Vision 130 Philip Thibodeau
9 Hydrostatics and Pneumatics in Antiquity 145 Matteo Valleriani
10 The Science of Harmonics and Music Theory in Ancient Greece 161 Sophie Gibson
Part III Earth Sciences 179
11 Hydrology: Ocean, Rivers, and Other Waterways 181 Georgia L. Irby
12 Classical Geology and the Mines of the Greeks and Romans 197 Paul T. Craddock
13 Greco-Egyptian and Byzantine Alchemy 217 Matteo Martelli
14 Meteorology 232 Liba Taub
15 Geography 247 Duane W. Roller
Part IV Life Sciences 263
16 Greek and Roman Botany 265 M. Eleanor Irwin
17 Zoology 281 Tiberiu Popa
18 "Ecology" in the ancient Mediterranean 296 Georgia L. Irby, Robin McCall, and Anita Radini
19 The Failure of Evolutionary Thinking in Antiquity 313 Devin Henry
20 Embryology 329 James Wilberding
Part V Healing and the Human Body 343
21 Anatomy and Physiology 345 Julius Rocca
22 Gynecology 360 Lauren Caldwell
23 Surgery 371 Frédéric Le Blay Translated by Todd Black
24 Physicians and "Schools" 386 Molly Jones-Lewis
25 Pharmacy 402 Molly Jones-Lewis
26 Magic, Curses, and Healing 418 Andrew D. Gregory
27 Healing Shrines 434 Georgia Petridou
28 Regimen and Athletic Training 450 Jason König
29 Epidemiology and Pathology 465 Efthymia Nikita, Anna Lagia, and Sevi Triantaphyllou
30 Psychology and Physiognomics 483 Arnaud Zucker
31 Anthropology: Knowledge of Man 500 Gordon Campbell
Volume ii
Abbreviations xi
List of Figures and Maps xv
Part VI Food Sciences 517
32 Greek and Roman Agriculture 519 Philip Thibodeau
33 Animal Husbandry 533 Kenneth F. Kitchell Jr.
34 Oil and Wine Production 550 Rafael Frankel
35 Cooking and Baking Technology 570 John Paulas
36 Food Storage Technology 587 Robert I. Curtis
37 Culinary and Medicinal Uses of Wine and Olive Oil 605 John F. Donahue
38 Nutrition 618 John F. Donahue
Part VII Technology of Human Life 633
39 Greek Public and Religious Architecture 635 John R. Senseney
40 Greek Domestic Architecture 656 Bradley A. Ault
41 Greek Interior Decoration: Materials and Technology in the Art of Cosmesiss and Display 672 Hariclia Brecoulaki
42 Roman Monumental and Public Architecture 693 Duane W. Roller
43 Roman Domestic Architecture 711 Nathalie de Haan
44 Roman Interior Design 730 Sarah Lepinski
45 Textile Technology 747 Ellen Harlizius-Klück
46 Urban Infrastructure in the Roman World 768 Klaus Grewe Translated by Johanna K. Sandrock
47 Siegeworks and Fortifications 784 Raffaele D'Amato
48 Arms and Weapons 801 Raffaele D'Amato
Part VIII Travel 817
49 Greek and Roman Cartography 819 Georgia L. Irby
50 Land Transport and Vehicles 836 Georges Raepsaet
51 Navigation and the Art of Sailing 854 Georgia L. Irby
52 Ships and Boats 870 Julian Whitewright
Part IX Telling Time 889
53 Greek Calendars 891 Laura Gawlinski
54 Roman Calendars 906 Robert Hannah
55 Time-Telling Devices 923 Robert Hannah
Part X Synthesis and Response 941
56 The Crossroads of Hellenistic and Sanskrit Science 943 Tejas S. Aralere
57 Roman Responses to Greek Science and Scholarship as a Cultural and Political Phenomenon 958 Thorsten Fögen
58 Scientific Encyclopedias 973 Katerina Oikonomopoulou
59 Translation and Transmission of Ancient Scientific Texts 988 Sonja Brentjes
60 The Reception of Greco-Roman Science in the Renaissance: Assimilation(s), Transformation(s), Rejection, Hybridization 1009 Roberto Lo Presti
Appendix: Major Writers And Thinkers 1023
General Index 1029
Index of Authors, Thinkers, and Primary Sources 1049
Index of Toponyms 1061
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