Genesis of Medicine – Disease and Cure in Ancient Greece

Genesis of Medicine – Disease and Cure in Ancient Greece

2020 · 79 min · Documentary

Ancient Greek Medicine from the Neolithic Age to the Late Antiquity: Homeric Medicine, Theurgical Healing, Theocratic Philosophers, Hippocrates, τhe Foundations of Rational-Modern Medicine, Alexandrian Doctors, Galen, Pharmacology. Its glorious history comes to life, through fiction and the help of digital technology: 3D representations of ancient temples, aerial shootings of archaeological sites, location scan-using photogrammetry, original medicine drawings.

Directed by Grigoris Karantinakis · Written by Anastasia Manou

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