Embryology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23751087 |
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| Authors | Konstantinos Kapparis (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah21120.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4247430479 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
More than a dozen studies have survived in the corpus of ancient Greek medical authors dedicated to the study of prenatal life, the processes of fertilization, fetal development and pregnancy; moreover, abundant material can be found in gynecological and anatomical treatises. Earlier studies were interested in the fetus and the question of human identity before birth in relation to the debate on induced abortion. Since the 1980s, an interest in antenatal life was linked to ancient gynecological treatises and their importance for the study of Women and Gender in the ancient world. The legacy of Hippocratic embryology, and its impact upon medieval and early European and Arabic works has also attracted attention for its philosophical and ontological extensions. Although ancient embryological theory was influenced by Greek cultural stereotypes, it attempted to provide rational explanations to the processes of antenatal life, and thus set the foundation for future progress on the subject. Simultaneously it provides valuable commentary on the gender relations and stereotypes of the ancient Greeks, and as such it constitutes an important source for women's studies and the Social and Cultural history of the ancient Greek world.
Abortion · Aesthetics · Ancient Greece · Ancient Greek · Arabic · Biology · Greeks · Hippocratic Oath · Identity (music) · Linguistics · Modern Greek · Pregnancy · Relation (database) · Subject (documents) · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Classics · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · History of Medicine Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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