Heracles and epilepsy: the sacred disease
ABSTRACT Epilepsy is one of the most dreaded and terrifying human afflictions. One of the many names it has received was Sacred Disease, during Greek times. Heracles served as a source of the divine connotation that epilepsy received in ancient times, as he was one of the most important demigods in...
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| description | ABSTRACT Epilepsy is one of the most dreaded and terrifying human afflictions. One of the many names it has received was Sacred Disease, during Greek times. Heracles served as a source of the divine connotation that epilepsy received in ancient times, as he was one of the most important demigods in Greek mythology. However, several authors have attributed Heracles’ actions to a seizure, including Hippocrates, who described the sacred disease on his “Corpus Hippocraticum.” This paper reviewed some of the publications on the myth and content of the text of Hippocrates, in relation to the current knowledge of the disease. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-51131ddfcdbc4df098a1748e50d692902025-08-20T03:18:10ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272020-10-01781066066210.1590/0004-282x20200085Heracles and epilepsy: the sacred diseaseEduardo ORREGO-GONZÁLEZhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8406-4153Ana PERALTA-GARCÍAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6012-0416Leonardo PALACIOS-SÁNCHEZhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6792-5855ABSTRACT Epilepsy is one of the most dreaded and terrifying human afflictions. One of the many names it has received was Sacred Disease, during Greek times. Heracles served as a source of the divine connotation that epilepsy received in ancient times, as he was one of the most important demigods in Greek mythology. However, several authors have attributed Heracles’ actions to a seizure, including Hippocrates, who described the sacred disease on his “Corpus Hippocraticum.” This paper reviewed some of the publications on the myth and content of the text of Hippocrates, in relation to the current knowledge of the disease.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2020001000660&tlng=enEpilepsyMythologyNeurosciencesHistory of Medicine |
| spellingShingle | Eduardo ORREGO-GONZÁLEZ Ana PERALTA-GARCÍA Leonardo PALACIOS-SÁNCHEZ Heracles and epilepsy: the sacred disease Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria Epilepsy Mythology Neurosciences History of Medicine |
| title | Heracles and epilepsy: the sacred disease |
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| title_short | Heracles and epilepsy: the sacred disease |
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| topic | Epilepsy Mythology Neurosciences History of Medicine |
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