Book Review: Gargiliusz, Lekarstwa z owoców i warzyw, przełożyła Tatiana Krynicka, ISKŚIO UWr, Wrocław 2016, (Series Biblioteka Antyczna), pp. 172 Cover Image

Recenzja książki: Gargiliusz, Lekarstwa z owoców i warzyw, przełożyła Tatiana Krynicka, ISKŚIO UWr, Wrocław 2016, (Seria Biblioteka Antyczna), ss. 172
Book Review: Gargiliusz, Lekarstwa z owoców i warzyw, przełożyła Tatiana Krynicka, ISKŚIO UWr, Wrocław 2016, (Series Biblioteka Antyczna), pp. 172

Author(s): Magdalena Stuligrosz
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: Gargilius; medical treatise; plants; fruits

Summary/Abstract: The first Polish translation of Gargilius Martialis’ treatise Medicinae de holeribus et pomis (Medicines from Fruits and Vegetables) was published in 2016 by Tatiana Krynicka. The translation is accompanied by a valuable commentary which provides the reader with rich information on botanical, medical and dietetic issues, and shows how the 3rd-century Roman author drawn on his literary sources and how he was referred to by late antique writers.

  • Issue Year: XXI/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 159-164
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish