Ivan Garofalo

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Ivan Garofalo (born June 12, 1948 in Catania ) is an Italian Graecist and medical historian .

Garofalo completed his academic career at the University of Siena . From 1975 to 1984 he was assistant for Greek literature, from 1984 associate professor for the history of medicine, from 1992 associate professor for the history of the Greek language, from February 2000 associate professor for the history of classical languages. He has been a full professor there since 2003.

Garofalo's main field of work is the edition, commentary and translation of ancient Greek, Byzantine and Arabic texts on ancient medicine and biology .

He is a member of the Unité de recherches Médecine antique of the French CNRS in Paris, has published numerous conference papers on Hippocrates , Galen , Latin medicine and the edition of ancient medical texts and is on the scientific advisory boards of the journals Medicina nei Secoli , Medicina e storia and Fontes been appointed.

Together with Daniela Manetti, Garofalo worked on the Greek-Italian dictionary, which was edited by Franco Montanari in 1995 and has since been considered a standard work.

Garofalo is also the founder and editor of the Galenos magazine, which has been published since 2007 . Rivista di filologia dei testi medici antichi , a periodical specially dedicated to the edition, translation, commentary and all other philological aspects of ancient medical texts. Alessandro Lami (1949–2015) was one of his close collaborators in this context and in other respects .

Publications (selection)

  • Galien, Tome VIII: L'anatomie des nerfs, l'anatomie des veines et des artères . Texts établi et annoté par I. Garofalo, traduit par Ivan Garofalo et A. Debru. Paris, Les Belles Lettres 2006.
  • Galien, Tome VII: L'anatomie des os, l'anatomie des muscles . Texts établi et annoté par Ivan Garofalo, traduit par Armelle Debru et Ivan Garofalo, Paris Les Belles Lettres 2005.
  • Agostino Gadaldini (1515–1575) et le Galien latin. In: V. Boudon – Millot , G. Cobolet (eds.), Lire les medecins grecs à la Renaissance , Paris 2004, p. 284-321.
  • Anonymi Medici De morbis acutis et chroniis. Edited with commentary by Ivan Garofalo. Translated by Brian Fuchs. EJ Brill, Leiden 1997 (Studies in Ancient Medicine, 12).
  • Franco Montanari (ed., With the collaboration of Ivan Garofalo and Daniela Manetti): GI - Vocabolario della lingua greca . Loescher, Turin 1995, second, expanded and revised edition 2006, third edition 2013.
    • English edition of the third edition: The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek. Edited by Madeleine Goh and Chad Schroeder, under the auspices of the Center for Hellenic Studies . Advisory Editors: Gregory Nagy and Leonard Muellner. Brill, Leiden 2014.
  • I Procedimenti Anatomici di Galeno. Testo greco e traduzione araba (critical text edition), Naples 1986 and 2000, with Italian translation and commentary, Milan 1991.
  • Erasistrato , I frammenti. Collegit et digessit Ivan Garofalo. Giardini, Pisa 1988.

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personal data
SURNAME Garofalo, Ivan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian Graecist and medical historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Catania