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List of contents
Contributor Biographies xi
Abbreviations xix
List of Figures and Maps xxiii
Introduction 1
Part I Physics and Cosmogony 11 1 The Creation and Destruction of the World 13
Andrew D. Gregory 2 Matter 29
Daniel W. Graham 3 Motion and Energy 43
Jean De Groot 4 Nature and the Divine 60
Svetla Slaveva-Griffin Part II The Mathematical Sciences 77 5 Mathematics 79
Reviel Netz 6 Astronomy 96
Andrew D. Gregory 7 Astrology 114
Kocku von Stuckrad 8 Ancient Optics: Theories and Problems of Vision 130
Philip Thibodeau 9 Hydrostatics and Pneumatics in Antiquity 145
Matteo Valleriani 10 The Science of Harmonics and Music Theory in Ancient Greece 161
Sophie Gibson Part III Earth Sciences 179 11 Hydrology: Ocean, Rivers, and Other Waterways 181
Georgia L. Irby 12 Classical Geology and the Mines of the Greeks and Romans 197
Paul T. Craddock 13 Greco-Egyptian and Byzantine Alchemy 217
Matteo Martelli 14 Meteorology 232
Liba Taub 15 Geography 247
Duane W. Roller Part IV Life Sciences 263 16 Greek and Roman Botany 265
M. Eleanor Irwin 17 Zoology 281
Tiberiu Popa 18 "Ecology" in the ancient Mediterranean 296
Georgia L. Irby, Robin McCall, and Anita Radini 19 The Failure of Evolutionary Thinking in Antiquity 313
Devin Henry 20 Embryology 329
James Wilberding Part V Healing and the Human Body 343 21 Anatomy and Physiology 345
Julius Rocca 22 Gynecology 360
Lauren Caldwell 23 Surgery 371
Frédéric Le Blay Translated by Todd Black 24 Physicians and "Schools" 386
Molly Jones¿Lewis 25 Pharmacy 402
Molly Jones¿Lewis 26 Magic, Curses, and Healing 418
Andrew D. Gregory 27 Healing Shrines 434
Georgia Petridou 28 Regimen and Athletic Training 450
Jason König 29 Epidemiology and Pathology 465
Efthymia Nikita, Anna Lagia, and Sevi Triantaphyllou 30 Psychology and Physiognomics 483
Arnaud Zucker 31 Anthropology: Knowledge of Man 500
Gordon Campbell Part VI Food Sciences 517 32 Greek and Roman Agriculture 519
Philip Thibodeau 33 Animal Husbandry 533
Kenneth F. Kitchell Jr. 34 Oil and Wine Production 550
Rafael Frankel 35 Cooking and Baking Technology 570
John Paulas 36 Food Storage Technology 587
Robert I. Curtis 37 Culinary and Medicinal Uses of Wine and Olive Oil 605
John F. Donahue 38 Nutrition 618
John F. Donahue Part VII Technology of Human Life 633 39 Greek Public and Religious Architecture 635
John R. Senseney 40 Greek Domestic Architecture 656
Bradley A. Ault 41 Greek Interior Decoration: Materials and Technology in the Art of
Cosmesis and Display 672
Hariclia Brecoulaki 42 Roman Monumental and Public Architecture 693
Duane W. Roller 43 Roman Domestic Architecture 711
Nathalie de Haan 44 Roman Interior Design 730
Sarah Lepinski 45 Textile Technology 747
Ellen Harlizius¿Klück 46 Urban Infrastructure in the Roman World 768
Klaus Grewe, Translated by Johanna K. Sandrock 47 Siegeworks and Fortifications 784
Raffaele D'Amato 48 Arms and Weapons 801
Raffaele D'Amato Part VIII Travel 817 49 Greek and Roman Cartography 819
Georgia L. Irby 50 Land Transport and Vehicles 836
Georges Raepsaet 51 Navigation and the Art of Sailing 854
Georgia L. Irby 52 Ships and Boats 870
Julian Whitewright Part IX Telling Time 889 53 Greek Calendars 891
Laura Gawlinski 54 Roman Calendars 906
Robert Hannah 55 Time-Telling Devices 923
Robert Hannah Part X Synthesis and Response 941 56 The Crossroads of Hellenistic and Sanskrit Science 943
Tejas S. Aralere 57 Roman Responses to Greek Science and Scholarship as a Cultural and Political Phenomenon 958
Thorsten Fögen 58 Scientific Encyclopedias 973
Katerina Oikonomopoulou 59 Translation and Transmission of Ancient Scientific Texts 988
Sonja Brentjes 60 The Reception of GrecöRoman Science in the Renaissance: Assimilation(s), Transformation(s), Rejection, Hybridization 1009
Roberto Lo Presti Appendix: Major Writers And Thinkers 1023
General Index 1029
Index of Authors, Thinkers, and Primary Sources 1049
Index of Toponyms 1061
About the author
Georgia L. Irby is Associate Professor of Classical Studies at the College of William and Mary. Among her publications, she is the co-editor, with Paul T. Keyser, of the
Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists: The Greek Tradition and its Many Heirs (2008) and
Greek Science of the Hellenistic Era: A Sourcebook (2002).
