Genesis of Medicine – Disease and Cure in Ancient Greece

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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.

Cast: Kostas Kastanas

Director: Grigoris Karantinakis

Genres: Documentary

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