出版社：International Medical Journal Management and Indexing System
摘要：The path of Greek Medicine is lost through the centuries between myth and history. The Greek mythology flourishes with stories about the adventures and life of gods, godesses, heroes and heroins. The purpose of this article is to present the evolution of medicine before and after the era of Hippocrates and to stress the contribution of Hippocrates in the scientification of medicine. A thorough study of ancient texts of the Greek and Roman literature, revealed that Greek mythology abounds in examples of Gods such as Apollo, semi-gods such as Asclepius and Amphiaraus, and creatures such as Centaur Chiron who practiced and taught medicine in pre- historical times in Greece. Hippocrates will be the first to nominate medicine as a science rejecting the influence of Luck and of Gods. In general, the chronological order of the appearance of those figures in Greek mythology depict the course of transformation of Medicine from divine gift to practical art.
关键词：mythology; medicine; Hippocrates; Ancient Greece.
