In defence of the Aeneid physician Iapyx Iasides in honour and pietas Physicians

Anagnostis Agelarakis, In defence of the Aeneid physician Iapyx Iasides in honour and pietas.pdf
Published: Aug 5, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/eul.38578
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Ancient phsysicians Aeneid honor pietas
Anagnostis P. Agelarakis
Abstract

This paper is written in response to modern commentator comments and characterizations on Iapyx Iasides’ character, behavior, and abilities as a physician and surgeon to treat the wounded Aeneas by an arrowhead, recorded in book XII of the Aeneid, a context that also implicates the intermediary agencies of Apollo and Venus.  In addition to intertextuality, this paper offers a missing interdisciplinary spectrum of explanatory conditions and arguments in support of the conduct and performance of the ancient physician in honor and pietas.

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