Download or read book Diocles of Carystus. 2. Commentary written by Philip J. “van der” Eijk and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2000 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diocles of Carystus in Euboea, known to Athenians as `the younger Hippocrates', practised medicine in the 4th century BC. His copious texts, which combined practical, theoretical and philosophical approaches, were studied and copied throughout Antiquity and the Middle Ages. This volume provides the Greek, Latin and Arabic texts, with facing translation, of over 241 fragments which reflect Dicoles' varied interests in medicine and nature. The second colume contains a commentary and discussion.