Abstract
The article describes a preserved poetic fragment commonly called De piscibus, written by Marcellus of Side. He was a physician and a renowned epic poet, who lived in the town of Side (Pamphylia) in the second century AD. In the analyzed fragment (v. 41–101), being an extract from his didactic epos entitled Cheironides, Marcellus of Side presents a number of remedies prepared from some marine animals, especially fishes, living in the Mediterranean Sea.
Highlights
Markellos z Side, lekarz i poeta, żyjący w drugim wieku naszej ery, jest postacią prawie w ogóle nieznaną1
The article describes a preserved poetic fragment commonly called De piscibus, written by Marcellus of Side. He was a physician and a renowned epic poet, who lived in the town of Side (Pamphylia) in the second century AD
In the analyzed fragment (v. 41–101), being an extract from his didactic epos entitled Cheironides, Marcellus of Side presents a number of remedies prepared from some marine animals, especially fishes, living in the Mediterranean Sea
Summary
Οὗτος ἔγραψε διἐπῶν ἡρωϊκῶν βιβλία ἰατρικὰ δύο καὶ μ, ἐν οἷς καὶ περὶ λυκανθρώπου. Napisał w wierszach heroicznych 42 księgi medyczne, w których pisał też o wilkołaku. Μαρκέλλου τόδε σῆμα περικλυτοῦ ἰητῆρος, φωτὸς κυδίστοιο τετιμένου ἀθανάτοισιν, οὗ βίβλους ἀνέθηκεν ἐυκτιμένῃ ἐνὶΡώμῃ Ἀδριανὸς προτέρων προφερέστερος ἡγεμονήων, 5 καὶ πάις Ἀδριανοῖο, μέγ’ ἔξοχος Ἀντωνῖνος, ὄφρα καὶ ἐσσομένοισι μετ’ ἀνδράσι κῦδος ἄροιτο εἵνεκεν εὐεπίης, τήν οἱ πόρε Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων, ἡρῴῳ μέλψαντι μέτρῳ θεραπήια νούσων 10 βίβλοις ἐν πινυταῖς Χειρωνίσι τεσσαράκοντα. To jest grób Markellosa, sławnego medyka Cenionego przez bogów męża i praktyka, Którego księgi w Rzymie pięknie zbudowanym Złożył Hadrian, najlepszy z ostatnich cesarzy, 5 I wielki syn Hadriana Antoninem zwany, Żeby ów zyskał sławę u potomnych licznych Z powodu elokwencji, którą go obdarzył Fojbos Apollo, w metrum bowiem heroicznym Opiewał medycynę i chorób leczenie, 10 Ksiąg czterdzieści Chejronid spisawszy uczenie. Markellos napisał też elogium funeralne na część Annii Regilli, tragicznie zmarłej w 160 roku żony Herodesa Attyka.
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