Anthimus (physician)
Encyclopedia
Anthimus was a Byzantine
physician at the court of the Ostrogoth
king Theodoric the Great
and author of De observatione ciborum ("On the Observance of Foods"), which is a valuable source for Late Latin
linguistics as well as Byzantine dietetics.
Byzantine
Byzantine usually refers to the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages.Byzantine may also refer to:* A citizen of the Byzantine Empire, or native Greek during the Middle Ages...
physician at the court of the Ostrogoth
Ostrogoth
The Ostrogoths were a branch of the Goths , a Germanic tribe who developed a vast empire north of the Black Sea in the 3rd century AD and, in the late 5th century, under Theodoric the Great, established a Kingdom in Italy....
king Theodoric the Great
Theodoric the Great
Theodoric the Great was king of the Ostrogoths , ruler of Italy , regent of the Visigoths , and a viceroy of the Eastern Roman Empire...
and author of De observatione ciborum ("On the Observance of Foods"), which is a valuable source for Late Latin
Late Latin
Late Latin is the scholarly name for the written Latin of Late Antiquity. The English dictionary definition of Late Latin dates this period from the 3rd to the 6th centuries AD extending in Spain to the 7th. This somewhat ambiguously defined period fits between Classical Latin and Medieval Latin...
linguistics as well as Byzantine dietetics.
Editions
- Valentin RoseValentin Rose (classicist)Valentin Rose was a German classicist and textual critic.-Personal life:Valentin Rose was the son of mineralogist Gustav Rose , and a nephew to famed mineralogist Heinrich Rose and to the pharmacist Wilhelm Rose , of whom he published a brief remembrance...
, Anecdota graeca, vol. 2, Berlin, 1870, pp. 41 ff. - Valentin Rose, Teubner edition, 1877 (online)
English translation
- Anthimus (Author), GRANT, Mark (Translator), "Anthimus: On the Observance of Foods", Prospect Books 1996, 2007; ISBN 1903018528 ISBN 978-1903018521 http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/lane/kal69/shop/pages/isbn521.htm