Alexander of Tralles
Alexander of Tralles (
Life
Alexander was born a
German scholar Johann Albert Fabricius considered Alexander to have belonged to the Methodic school, but in the opinion of Freind this is not proved sufficiently by the existing text.
Perhaps the most curious art of Alexander's practice appears to be his belief in
he says, "I adjure thee by the great name Ἰαὼ Σαβαὼθ" (Iao Sabaoth), and a little further on, "I adjure thee with the holy names Ἰαὼ, Σαβαὼθ, Ἀδοναὶ, Ἐλωί" (Iao, Sabaoth, Adonai, Eloi), from which he would appear to have been either a Jew or a Christian, and, from his frequent prescription of pork, it is most probable that he was a Christian.Works
Alexander's chief work, titled Twelve Books on Medicine, first appeared in an old, imperfect Latin translation, with the title Alexandri Yatros Practica, which was several times printed. It was first edited in Greek by Jac. Goupylus (Paris 1548, fol.), a beautiful and scarce edition, containing also Rhazae de Pestilentia Libellus ex Syrorum Lingua in Graecam Translatus.
The other work of Alexander that is still extant is a short treatise, Περὶ Ἑλμίνθων, De Lumbricis, which was first published in Greek and Latin by
List of published works
- Fragment d'un ouvrage grec d'Anthèmius sur des Paradoxes de mècanique (in French). Paris. 1777.
References
- ^ Alexander of Tralles, xii. 8, p. 346
- ^ Paul of Aegina, iii. 21. 78, vii. 5, 11, 19, pp. 447, 495, 650, 660, 687
- ^ Agathias, History v. p. 149
- ^ Greenhill, William Alexander (1867). "Alexander". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 126–127.
- ISBN 978-1-4426-0423-0.
- ^ Alexander of Tralles, iv. p. 198
- ^ Alexander of Tralles, xii. i. p. 313
- ^ Alexander of Tralles, i. 15, pp. 156, 157
- ^ a b Alexander of Tralles, xii. 1, p. 313
- ^ Alexander of Tralles, xii. 7, p. 339
- ^ Joannes Actuarius, De Urin. Differ. c. 2. p. 43
- ^ John Freind, The History of Physic
- ^ Johann Albert Fabricius. Bibl. Graec. vol. xii. p. 593, sq. ed. vet.
- ^ Albrecht von Haller, Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae, tom. i.
- Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel. Hist. de la Méd. tom. ii.
Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Alexander Trallianus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. pp. 126–127.
Further reading
- Kudlien, Fridolf (1970). "Alexander of Tralles". ISBN 0-684-10114-9. on line [1]
- Langslow, D. R. (2006). The Latin Alexander Trallianus: The Text and Transmission of a Late Latin Medical Book. London: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, Journal of Roman Studies Monograph no. 10. ISBN 0-907764-32-0.
- Knight, Valerie (2014), "Simon and the Tradition of the Latin Alexander of Tralles", in ISBN 9788376560236
- Girolamo Mercuriale, Jan H. Chrościejowski (1583). De morbis puerorum Tractatus.
de morbis puerorum.