A Companion to Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome brings a fresh perspective to the study of these disciplines in the ancient world, with 60 chapters examining these topics from a variety of critical and technical perspectives.

Table of Contents

• Contributor Biographies
• Abbreviations
• List of Figures and Maps
• Introduction
• Part I Physics and Cosmogony
• 1 The Creation and Destruction of the World
• 2 Matter
• 3 Motion and Energy
• 4 Nature and the Divine
• Part II The Mathematical Sciences
• 5 Mathematics
• 6 Astronomy
• 7 Astrology
• 8 Ancient Optics: Theories and Problems of Vision
• 9 Hydrostatics and Pneumatics in Antiquity
• 10 The Science of Harmonics and Music Theory in Ancient Greece
• Part III Earth Sciences
• 11 Hydrology: Ocean, Rivers, and Other Waterways
• 12 Classical Geology and the Mines of the Greeks and Romans
• 13 Greco-Egyptian and Byzantine Alchemy
• 14 Meteorology
• 15 Geography
• Part IV Life Sciences
• 16 Greek and Roman Botany
• 17 Zoology
• 18 “Ecology” in the ancient Mediterranean
• 19 The Failure of Evolutionary Thinking in Antiquity
• 20 Embryology
• Part V Healing and the Human Body
• 21 Anatomy and Physiology
• 22 Gynecology
• 23 Surgery
• 24 Physicians and “Schools”
• 25 Pharmacy
• 26 Magic, Curses, and Healing
• 27 Healing Shrines
• 28 Regimen and Athletic Training
• 29 Epidemiology and Pathology
• 30 Psychology and Physiognomics
• 31 Anthropology: Knowledge of Man
• Part VI Food Sciences
• 32 Greek and Roman Agriculture
• 33 Animal Husbandry
• 34 Oil and Wine Production
• 35 Cooking and Baking Technology
• 36 Food Storage Technology
• 37 Culinary and Medicinal Uses of Wine and Olive Oil
• 38 Nutrition
• Part VII Technology of Human Life
• 39 Greek Public and Religious Architecture
• 40 Greek Domestic Architecture
• 41 Greek Interior Decoration: Materials and Technology in the Art of Cosmesis and Display
• 42 Roman Monumental and Public Architecture
• 43 Roman Domestic Architecture
• 44 Roman Interior Design
• 45 Textile Technology
• 46 Urban Infrastructure in the Roman World
• 47 Siegeworks and Fortifications
• 48 Arms and Weapons
• Part VIII Travel
• 49 Greek and Roman Cartography
• 50 Land Transport and Vehicles
• 51 Navigation and the Art of Sailing
• 52 Ships and Boats
• Part IX Telling Time
• 53 Greek Calendars
• 54 Roman Calendars
• 55 Time-Telling Devices
• Part X Synthesis and Response
• 56 The Crossroads of Hellenistic and Sanskrit Science
• 57 Roman Responses to Greek Science and Scholarship as a Cultural and Political Phenomenon
• 58 Scientific Encyclopedias
• 59 Translation and Transmission of Ancient Scientific Texts
• 60 The Reception of Greco-Roman Science in the Renaissance: Assimilation(s), Transformation(s), Rejection, Hybridization