The article is aimed at indicating and analyzing connections existing between De re coquinaria and medicine. It is mostly based on the resources of extant Greek medical treatises written up to the 7th century A.D. As ...

The article makes an attempt at summarizing the present research in the life and career of Oribasius. The authors are in favour of the view that Oribasius was a native of Pergamum in Asia Minor. He was born in a well-off, ...

The article tries to demonstrate connections of De re coquinaria with the re-sults of the ancient and Byzantine research into dietetics. First, the authors present an overview of the established doctrines on the role of ...

The present article analyses the role of selected beverages in the diet of the inhabitants of the city of Constantinople between the IV and VII centuries AD. It concentrates mainly on water, phouska, wine and beer as ...

The present study discusses dietetic qualities of rice and culinary recipes pertaining to its preparation as demonstrated in ancient and Byzantine medical treatises compiled between 1st and 7th cent. A.D.(Dioscurides, ...

Leguminous plants were a crucially important element in the Mediterranean diet, and, as such, these plants were second only to cereals. It is also important to note that according to medical writings preserved from antiquity ...

The article discusses dietetic qualities of rice, its therapeutic applications and culinary recipes pertaining to the preparation of the cereal as described in ancient and Byzantine medical sources composed between I and ...

Rozważania na temat konserw rybnych, określanych jako tarichos, zajęły poczesne miejsce w dziełach wielu autorów greckich, w tym także w dorobku literackim Atenajosa z Naukratis, Galena, Orybazjusza, Aecjusza z Amidy, ...

L’empereur Julien l'Apostat a appuyé sa théosophie sur la philosophie néoplatonicienne et la tradition paienne. D'après cette interprétation la seule existance parfaite et la raison d’être c'est l’Absolu. Il influençait ...