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Greece

Country in Southeast Europe

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Greece

37 images from works
  • Athletics of the ancient world / [Edward Norman Gardiner].
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose when ever he saw her. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1776, after B. West.
  • Antiochus is reclining on a bed while his physician Erasistratus is taking his pulse; King Seleucus and Queen Stratonice are seated at his bedside. Engraving by L. de Visscher after P. Berrettini da Cortona, ca. 1680.
  • Geology: the grotto at Antiparos. Engraving by J. Mynde, 17--.
  • Studies in the psychology of sex. Vol. 1, Sexual inversion / by Havelock Ellis and John Addington Symonds / by Havelock Ellis.
  • Erasistratus, a physician, realising that Antiochus's (son of Seleucus I) illness is lovesickness for his stepmother Stratonice, by observing that Antiochus's pulse rose whenever he saw her. Line engraving by J.C. Levasseur, 1769, after H. Collin de Vermont, 1727.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrates his trust in his physician Philip by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him even after receiving a letter alleging that Philip is trying to poison him. Line engraving by B. Audran, the elder, after E. Le Sueur.
  • Commentatio de personis vvlgo larvis sev mascheris, von der Carnavals-lvst critico historico morali atqve ivridico modo diligenter conscripta / a Christoph. Henr. nob. dom. de Berger.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrating his trust in his physician Philip of Acarnania by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him despite allegations that it was a poison. Mezzotint by V. Green, 1772, after B. West, the elder.
  • [5 ΛΕΠΤΑ charity stamp showing a soldier with his left arm in a sling against  a red cross].
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Works from the collections

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    • Books

    Galen at the bedside : the methods of a medical detective / Vivian Nutton.

    Vivian Nutton
    • Books
    • Online

    The history of the manners and customs of ancient Greece / By J.A. St. John.

    James Augustus St. John | Date: 1842
    • Journals

    Etēsion didtion ereynētikōn ergasōn physiologias patologias anaparagōgēs kai technētēs spermategchyseōs = bulletin of physiology pathology of reproduction and artificial insemination.

    | Date: [date of publication not identified]
    • Student dissertations

    Attempting "definition" in ancient Greek and Chinese magic. / Karen Chan.

    Chan, K. (Karen) | Date: 2007
    • Books

    Greek burial customs / Donna C. Kurtz and John Boardman.

    Donna C. Kurtz | Date: 1971
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Related topics

Ancient
Roman World
History of Medicine
Greek World
Medicine, Greek and Roman
Science
Philosophy
Women
Egypt
Costume - Greece

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