(c.460-377 or 359 BC) The Greek physician Hippocrates refusing to accept gifts offered by Artaxerxes,king of the Persians and enemy of the Greeks,to help cure a plague that was ravaging Persian troops. This story,now considered to be a piece of biographical fiction,became a popular legend in antiquity and was cited by Plutarch,Galen and Stobacus. Hippocrates refusal to help can be interpreted either as a patriotic act or,in line with his association with the Hippocratic Oath,a detachment from material gain and reward. From an oil painting by Anne-Louis Girodet | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Terry, Sheila |
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