Health in Antiquity

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course explores health, disease, and medicine in the Greek and Roman world. It draws upon evidence from the ancient textual sources (especially Galen and Hippocrates), social history, and archaeology (the latter including all manner of finds - architecture, art, artifacts, environmental materials, and skeletal remains) to examine how residents of the Greek and Roman world perceived and experienced health and disease, and how they sought to combat illness and to promote healing. Cross-listed: CLAS-3060(3) and KIN-3060(3). Restrictions: Students may not hold credit for this course and CLAS-3060 | KIN-3060. Requisite Courses: 3 credits in any Classics, Anthropology, or Kinesiology course [prerequisite(s)].