Σωρανός
Soranos, Soranus
Translated by David Whitehead23 Sep 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Son of Menandros and Phoebe; of Ephesos; a doctor. He spent time in Alexandria and practised medicine in Rome under the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. He wrote a large number of very fine books.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Σωρανός, Μενάνδρου καὶ Φοίβης, Ἐφέσιος, ἰατρός, διατρίψας ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ καὶ ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ δὲ ἰατρεύσας ἐπὶ Τραϊανοῦ καὶ Ἀδριανοῦ τῶν βασιλέων βιβλία τε συντάξας πλεῖστα καὶ κάλλιστα.
Betacode
*swrano/s, *mena/ndrou kai\ *foi/bhs, *)efe/sios, i)atro/s, diatri/yas e)n *)alecandrei/a| kai\ e)n th=| *(rw/mh| de\ i)atreu/sas e)pi\ *trai+anou= kai\ *)adrianou= tw=n basile/wn bibli/a te sunta/cas plei=sta kai\ ka/llista.
Notes
- C1/2 CE. Cf. sigma 852; and see generally OCD4 s.v. Some twenty books are known, most notably the (surviving) 4-volume Gynaecology; there is a translation (1956) by O.Temkin.
References
R. Garland, The Greek Way of Life (London 1990) 19 and passim
K. Kapparis, Abortion in the Ancient World (London 2002) 2 and passim
K. Kapparis, Abortion in the Ancient World (London 2002) 2 and passim
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