Petros Bouras-Vallianatos
Biographic Data
| ID | 5643059 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Petros Bouras-Vallianatos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Petros |
| FAMILY NAME | Bouras-Vallianatos |
| SIGNATURE | BOURAS-VALLIANATOS P |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1502-6516 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim, ReOrienting Histories of Medicine. Encounterns along the Silk Roads
Cross-cultural Transfer of Medical Knowledge in the Medieval Mediterranean
This article aims to challenge the traditional narrative about the progression of medical knowledge from Arabic to Latin by including the role of the Byzantine world in that process. It examines critically the steady diffusion of Arabic medical knowledge throughout Byzantium by focusing on the introduction and dissemination of sugar-based potions. By studying for the first time a substantial body of mostly unedited translations of Arabic medical …
Brill's Companion to the Reception of Galen
Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Galen presents a comprehensive account of the afterlife of the corpus of the second-century AD Greek physician Galen of Pergamum. In 31 chapters, written by a range of experts in the field, it shows how Galen was adopted, adapted, admired, contested, and criticised across diverse intellectual environments and geographical regions, from Late Antiquity to the present day, and from Europe to North Africa, the Mi…
Collecting Recipes
Reviewed by: Collecting Recipes: Byzantine and Jewish Pharmacology in Dialogue ed. by Lennart Lehmhaus and Matteo Martelli Petros Bouras-Vallianatos Lennart Lehmhaus and Matteo Martelli, eds. Collecting Recipes: Byzantine and Jewish Pharmacology in Dialogue. Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Cultures 4. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018. vii + 334 pp. $114.99 (978-1-5015-0253-8). This volume came out of a unique conference, which aimed to creat…
Greek Medical Literature and its Readers
This volume focuses on the relationship between Greek medical texts and their audience(s), offering insights into how not only the backgrounds and skills of medical authors but also the contemporary environment affected issues of readership, methodology and mode of exposition. One of the volume's overarching aims is to add to our understanding of the role of the reader in the contextualisation of Greek medical literature in the light of interesti…
An Unrecorded Use of the Word Κλιμαξ
My purpose here is to point out a use of the Greek word κλῖμαξ, lit. ladder, which has not been recorded in the lexica of ancient and medieval Greek. To be specific, the term is found twice in the Therapeutics , a work by the sixth-century a.d. author and practising physician Alexander of Tralles, in reference to a particular kind of composite drug. In the first case, the author refers to the so-called ‘ladder of Hermes’ (Ἑρμοῦ κλῖμαξ, Ther . 1.5…
Homo Patiens - Approaches to the Patient in the Ancient World
This paper provides the first analysis of case histories in the Byzantine period as they feature in the On Urines of John Zacharias Aktouarios (ca. 1275–ca. 1330). This group of clinical accounts is of special importance in that they have no counterpart in the Greek-speaking world since Galen. This study aims to illustrate various factors determining the patient’s response to the physician’s advice through close examination of John’s clinical nar…
Miraculous fish therapy for leprosy (‘elephant disease’) and other skin diseases in Byzantium
This article discusses a unique case of a miraculous fish therapy used for a variety of skin diseases, which seems to have been practised in the mid-fifth century at the shrine of St. Michael in the city of Germia (mod. Gümüşkonak). It aims to enhance our knowledge of Byzantine therapeutic approaches to ‘elephant disease’ and contribute to debates on modern fish spa therapy
Modelled on Archigenes theiotatos
In contrast to other Late Antique medical authors, Alexander of Tralles uses the epithet theiotatos (most divine) when referring to Archigenes. This appellation becomes even more significant if one considers that Alexander otherwise only applies it to Hippocrates and Galen. Since the majority of Alexander’s mentions of Archigenes stress his recommendation of popular healing practices, which most medical authors excluded from their work, I argue t…
Ann Clark Patricia, A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition
Journal Article Ann Clark Patricia, A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition: Text, Translation and Commentary Get access Ann Clark Patricia, A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition: Text, Translation and Commentary, Farnham: Ashgate, 2011. Pp. xviii + 301. £65.00/$119.95. ISBN 978 0 7546 6101 6. Petros Bouras-Vallianatos Petros Bouras-Vallianatos King's College London [email protected] Search for othe…
Cross-cultural Transfer of Medical Knowledge in the Medieval Mediterranean
This article aims to challenge the traditional narrative about the progression of medical knowledge from Arabic to Latin by including the role of the Byzantine world in that process. It examines critically the steady diffusion of Arabic medical knowledge throughout Byzantium by focusing on the introduction and dissemination of sugar-based potions. By studying for the first time a substantial body of mostly unedited translations of Arabic medical …
Ann Clark Patricia, A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition
Journal Article Ann Clark Patricia, A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition: Text, Translation and Commentary Get access Ann Clark Patricia, A Cretan Healer's Handbook in the Byzantine Tradition: Text, Translation and Commentary, Farnham: Ashgate, 2011. Pp. xviii + 301. £65.00/$119.95. ISBN 978 0 7546 6101 6. Petros Bouras-Vallianatos Petros Bouras-Vallianatos King's College London [email protected] Search for othe…
Modelled on Archigenes theiotatos
In contrast to other Late Antique medical authors, Alexander of Tralles uses the epithet theiotatos (most divine) when referring to Archigenes. This appellation becomes even more significant if one considers that Alexander otherwise only applies it to Hippocrates and Galen. Since the majority of Alexander’s mentions of Archigenes stress his recommendation of popular healing practices, which most medical authors excluded from their work, I argue t…
Homo Patiens - Approaches to the Patient in the Ancient World
This paper provides the first analysis of case histories in the Byzantine period as they feature in the On Urines of John Zacharias Aktouarios (ca. 1275–ca. 1330). This group of clinical accounts is of special importance in that they have no counterpart in the Greek-speaking world since Galen. This study aims to illustrate various factors determining the patient’s response to the physician’s advice through close examination of John’s clinical nar…
Miraculous fish therapy for leprosy (‘elephant disease’) and other skin diseases in Byzantium
This article discusses a unique case of a miraculous fish therapy used for a variety of skin diseases, which seems to have been practised in the mid-fifth century at the shrine of St. Michael in the city of Germia (mod. Gümüşkonak). It aims to enhance our knowledge of Byzantine therapeutic approaches to ‘elephant disease’ and contribute to debates on modern fish spa therapy
Greek Medical Literature and its Readers
This volume focuses on the relationship between Greek medical texts and their audience(s), offering insights into how not only the backgrounds and skills of medical authors but also the contemporary environment affected issues of readership, methodology and mode of exposition. One of the volume's overarching aims is to add to our understanding of the role of the reader in the contextualisation of Greek medical literature in the light of interesti…
An Unrecorded Use of the Word Κλιμαξ
My purpose here is to point out a use of the Greek word κλῖμαξ, lit. ladder, which has not been recorded in the lexica of ancient and medieval Greek. To be specific, the term is found twice in the Therapeutics , a work by the sixth-century a.d. author and practising physician Alexander of Tralles, in reference to a particular kind of composite drug. In the first case, the author refers to the so-called ‘ladder of Hermes’ (Ἑρμοῦ κλῖμαξ, Ther . 1.5…
Brill's Companion to the Reception of Galen
Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Galen presents a comprehensive account of the afterlife of the corpus of the second-century AD Greek physician Galen of Pergamum. In 31 chapters, written by a range of experts in the field, it shows how Galen was adopted, adapted, admired, contested, and criticised across diverse intellectual environments and geographical regions, from Late Antiquity to the present day, and from Europe to North Africa, the Mi…
Collecting Recipes
Reviewed by: Collecting Recipes: Byzantine and Jewish Pharmacology in Dialogue ed. by Lennart Lehmhaus and Matteo Martelli Petros Bouras-Vallianatos Lennart Lehmhaus and Matteo Martelli, eds. Collecting Recipes: Byzantine and Jewish Pharmacology in Dialogue. Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Cultures 4. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018. vii + 334 pp. $114.99 (978-1-5015-0253-8). This volume came out of a unique conference, which aimed to creat…
Cross-cultural Transfer of Medical Knowledge in the Medieval Mediterranean
This article aims to challenge the traditional narrative about the progression of medical knowledge from Arabic to Latin by including the role of the Byzantine world in that process. It examines critically the steady diffusion of Arabic medical knowledge throughout Byzantium by focusing on the introduction and dissemination of sugar-based potions. By studying for the first time a substantial body of mostly unedited translations of Arabic medical …
Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim, ReOrienting Histories of Medicine. Encounterns along the Silk Roads
History (9 works) · Classics (7 works) · Art (6 works) · History of Medicine Studies (5 works) · Literature (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Byzantine architecture (4 works) · History (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works)