Genesis of Medicine – Disease and Cure in Ancient Greece

2020Directed by Grigoris Karantinakis

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Released: May 19, 2020
Runtime: 1h 19m

About Genesis of Medicine – Disease and Cure in Ancient Greece

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Director: Grigoris Karantinakis
Writers: Eleftheria Traiou
Anastasia Manou
Original title: Η Γένεση της Ιατρικής: Νόσος και Ίαση στην Αρχαία Ελλάδα

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Kostas KastanasNarrator

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