Formisano Marco, van der Eijk Philip (eds.) Knowledge, Text and Practice in Ancient Technical Writing

Cambridge University Press, 2017. — 300 p. — ISBN: 1107169437.This book sheds new light on the problematic relationship between theory and practice in ancient Greek and Roman culture. Various fields of knowledge are discussed, including agriculture, architecture, the art of love, astronomy, ethics, mechanics, medicine, and pharmacology. The main focus is on the interaction between texts and the transmission of knowledge.