Los médicos en la historiografía latinadiscursos, representaciones y funciones narrativas desde los orígenes hasta Quinto Curcio Rufo
- 1 Universidad de Salamanca (España)
ISSN: 1131-6810, 2530-8343
Year of publication: 2022
Issue: 35
Pages: 7-29
Type: Article
More publications in: Fortunatae: Revista canaria de Filología, Cultura y Humanidades Clásicas
Abstract
Roman prejudices against Greek physicians and medicine, which can be found throughout Latin literature from the second century B.C., were also manifested in Latin historiography. A study of a corpus of historical texts indicates that physicians tend to be depicted there as evil and conspiring characters. However, Curtius’ Historiae marks a radical change in this representation. To demonstrate this, the passage of Alexander’s healing after receiving a wound in India (Curt. 9.5.22-30) will be analyzed from a narratological and intertextual point of view