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> Only in the second century did the medical poet Marcellus Sidetes develop the term lykanthrōpos, “lycanthrope,” Medical poet. From his Wikipedia page: > He
by Igelau 6y ago
> Only in the second century did the medical poet Marcellus Sidetes develop the term lykanthrōpos, “lycanthrope,”
Medical poet. From his Wikipedia page:
> He wrote a long medical poem in Greek hexameter verse, consisting of forty-two books
I'm picturing Vitruvius from the LEGO Movie saying "All this is true because it rhymes" and it passing for esteemed medical advice.
- kragen 6y agoIt's common for factual texts from the classical era to be written in verse, though less so in Rome than in India, where it was nearly universal. The Bakhshali manuscript: all verse. Panini's grammar: all verse. Most of the Tripitaka is in verse, too. Perhaps the reason is to make it feasible to memorize them, which doesn't require access to scarce writing materials, so that you can study them.
- cafard 6y agoThe notes to some book or another say that Eratosthenes wrote one of his scientific works in verse.