Some linguistic specification in the treatise De Morbo Sacro

Authors

  • Álvaro Pizarro Herrmann Departamento de Filología Griega y Lingüística Indoeuropea, Facultad de Filología Griega y Lingüística Indoeuropea, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Filología (Edificio A), Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the linguistic meaningof some words in the De Morbo Sacro. In this sense my aim is to give an account of the issue of knowledge of the sacred disease inthis treatise and its connection with the divine.    

Keywords:

Nature, divine, magician, disease, explanation