Abstract
Abstract The relation between medical texts and Euripidean drama is explored through a multiplicity of examples drawn from the extant plays and fragments. Emphasis is placed on the problems and limitations, as well as the potential and rewards, of comparing material from these different genres. First, the overlapping character of metaphorical and technical language is addressed, and the testimony of the lexicographer Erotian adduced. Allusion to various aspects of medicine - therapy and regimen; pathology; anatomy and physiology - is then identified in Euripides' output. It is argued that, in addition to general familiarity with many medical ideas, Euripides may have had particular knowledge of the Hippocratic treatises Breaths and Articulations. Finally, linguistic trends in fifth century Greek usage are noted and aspects peculiar to Euripides' poetic technique isolated. Directions for further research are suggested.
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