page_title: Pedanius Dioscorides
hierarchical_section_title: Pedanius Dioscorides
caption_attribution_description: English: One two author portraits from the Vienna Dioscurides Deutsch: Das erste Autorenbild aus dem Wiener Dioskurides (fol. 4 verso): Heuresis (die Personifikation der Entdeckung) überreicht dem Arzt Pedanios Dioskurides eine Alraunwurzel. Da diese beim Ernten einen tödlichen Schrei ausstoßen sollte, ließ man sie von einem Hund aus der Erde reißen. Heurensis weist deshalb auf das verendete Tier zu ihren Füßen
context_page_description: Pedanius Dioscorides was a Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author of De materia medica —a 5-volume Greek encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances, that was widely read for more than 1,500 years. He was employed as a physician in the Roman army.
context_section_description: Pedanius Dioscorides (Greek: Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης, Pedánios Dioskourídēs; c. 40–90 AD) was a Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author of De materia medica (Περὶ ὕλης ἰατρικῆς, On Medical Material) —a 5-volume Greek encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances (a pharmacopeia), that was widely read for more than 1,500 years. He was employed as a physician in the Roman army.
caption: Dioscorides receives a mandrake root, an illumination from the 6th century Greek Juliana Anicia Codex
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