Review of S. P. Mattern, Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing
Document Type
Book Review
Department
History (CMC)
Publication Date
2010
Abstract
What does rhetoric have to do with healing? According to Plato (Gorgias 456b–c), nothing at all: rhetoric is the absence of healing. The study under review, however, cogently argues that rhetoric is the key to understanding healing narratives from the ancient world
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0009840X10000326
Recommended Citation
Cooper, G.M. (2010). Review of S. P. Mattern, Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing. (Baltimore: 2008). The Classical Review 60, no. 2: 400-402.
