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Portuguese translation of Vergil's Eclogues.
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Portuguese translation of Vergil's Georgics.
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Portuguese translation of Lucan's Pharsalia (books 6 and 7).
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In this article, I examine the nature of Dido’s magic ritual in Aeneid 4, reading it as a magic ritual aimed at inducing forgetfulness. I argue that in burning his belongings, Dido intends to forget Aeneas and not to destroy him; for this... more
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De uniuersa mulierum medicina, by the Portuguese physician Rodrigo de Castro, is a complex gynaecological treatise that comprises sources concerning various medical aspects, both ancient and contemporary to the author, and also... more
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Rodrigo de Castro (1546-1627), português de origem sefardita, alcançou notoriedade como médico em Lisboa, cidade que decidiu abandonar nos últimos anos do século XVI provavelmente devido ao clima de crescente intolerância religiosa.... more
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      EpidemiologyHistory of MedicineHistory of ScienceEarly Modern Europe
The Project “Gynecia: Rodericus a Castro Lusitanus and the ancient medical tradition about gynaecology and embryology” organizes, on June 27th to 28th 2022, at the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, the III International... more
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      Medical SciencesGynaecologyHistory of MedicineMedieval Studies
Please note this article is published with Brepols Publishers as a Gold Open Access article under a Creative Commons CC 4.0: BY-NC license. The article is also freely available on the website of Brepols Publishers:... more
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Please note this article is published with Brepols Publishers as a Gold Open Access article under a Creative Commons CC 4.0: BY-NC license. The article is also freely available on the website of Brepols Publishers:... more
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João Curvo Semedo (1635-1719) is the author of, among other works, the Tratado da Peste (1680), a treatise concerning the origins and causes of the plague, and its prevention and treatment. This article aims to present this opus, which... more
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      Gender StudiesClassicsWomen's StudiesHistory of Science
The Philinna Papyrus is a Greek papyrus with some unique features. It consists of short literary compositions in verse written by two unknown women and is a mixture of the Egyptian and Hellenic traditions. Some peculiarities of this... more
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