King Ariarathes Iv of Cappadocia (220–163 Bc)'s Impotence in the Light of Thyroid Disease
A Multidisciplinary Palaeopathological Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6035446 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Francesco Maria Galassi (0000-0001-8902-3142, corresponding author), F Donald Pate (0000-0002-0238-0217), Nathalie Antunes‐ferreira (0000-0002-0146-6369, Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Nathalie Antunes-Ferreira, E Varotto (0000-0001-6637-9402, University of Catania) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-92 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0323-1119 • E-ISSN: 2570-9127 |
| Publisher | Moravske Zemsk Muzeum (Monrovian Museum) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.26720/anthro.20.02.10.1 |
| OpenAlex | W3122696747 |
| Language | EN |
For a long time historical research dismissed the account about King Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia’s (reigned 220-163 BC) wife being unable to produce an offspring just as a defamatory explanation concocted by later writers to cover subtler political moves. Having palaeopathologically re-examined the biographical record of King Ariarathes IV in the light of a recently proposed diagnosis of thyroid goiter, by multidisciplinarily combining literary and artistic evidence with biomedical knowledge and rationale, this article proposes an endocrinologically originated sexual dysfunction in King Ariarathes IV and offers a new reading of the subsequent shaming of his spouse
Ancient history · Archaeology · Geography · Multidisciplinary approach · Social science · Sociology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Medical and Biological Sciences · Medicine · Oral Health Pathology and Treatment
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |