Συνέδριο Τμήματος Φιλολογίας Πατρών: Colours in Ancient Medicine
Co-organised by Petros Bouras-Vallianatos, Katerina Ierodiakonou, and George Kazantzidis
Funded by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the University of Geneva, and the University of Patras
Programme
Venue: Department of Philosophy, Building B
Friday, 3 November 2023, University of Patras
- 17:00 Introduction by the organisers
Session I, Chair: Spyridon Rangos (University of Patras)
- 17:15-18:00 Chloe Balla (University of Crete) “All the discharges of biles that doctors have names for”: some Hippocratic texts on discriminating humours by colour
- 18:00-18:45 Katerina Ierodiakonou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens/University of Geneva) Jaundice: a medical example in colour for the philosophers’ use
- 18:45-19:15 Coffee/Tea Break
Session II, Chair: George Kazantzidis (University of Patras)
- 19:15-20:00 Orly Lewis and Marco Vespa (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Colours and anatomy: a look from within
Saturday, 4 November 2023, University of Patras
Session III, Chair: Thanasis Diamandopoulos (Louros Foundation for the History of Medicine, Athens)
- 09:30-10:15 George Kazantzidis (University of Patras) Colourful treatments: pharmakon between therapeutics and cosmetics in ancient medicine
- 10:15-11:00 Stavros Kouloumentas (University of Ioannina) Are colours real? Hippocratic authors on the nature and perception of colours
- 11:00-11:30 Coffee/tea break
Session IV, Chair: Katerina Oikonomopoulou (University of Patras)
- 11:30-12:15 Véronique Boudon-Millot (Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris) Des humeurs et des couleurs: subjectivité de la perception chromatique et universalité du discours médical
- 12:15-13:00 Peter Singer (EC-Chronoi, Berlin) Colour shades: their perception and medical significance. What light does Galen shed?
- 13:00-14:15 Lunch break
Session V, Chair: Petros Bouras-Vallianatos (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
- 14:15-15:00 Chiara Thumiger (University of Kiel) Dark and light: some reflections on colours and opposites in Greco-Roman medicine
- 15:00-15:45 Matteo Martelli (University of Bologna) “Becoming cinnabar” in ancient science and medicine
- 15:45-16:15 Conclusions