See also: H (M.), P, S B.
glauko ̄ma eye-disease characterized by a bluish-grey opacity in the crystalline lens, dis-
tantly similar to the modern “glaucoma” (which designates an eye-disease characterized
by intraocular pressure, with hollowing out and atrophy of the optic nerve, producing
defects in the field of vision): R E, in P A 3.22.30 (CMG
9.1, pp. 184–185); J. Hirschberg, Wörterbuch der Augenheilkunde (1887) 34–37.
See also: P. A L, P. R.G. 1.20.
grammatikos lit. “lettered,” but as used first by Stoics from the 3rd c. BCE, teacher of
language (including grammar) and literature, in general the rudiments of literate stud-
ies; R.A. Kaster, Guardians of Language: The Grammarian and Society in Late Antiquity (1988).
A, A P, A, I P, M-
T, P L, S, S.
hedrike ̄ soothing ointment for the “seat” (buttocks, anus, and perineum): G, CMLoc
9.6 (13.306–312 K.); Durling 1993: 140–141.
See also: A R, K (P.), N IV, N-
, O ̄, S, T, X.
he ̄gemo ̄n or he ̄gemonikon commanding faculty of a conscious being, especially a
human – its location was much debated, the brain and heart being the two leading
candidates; cf. H C S D; P, Tim. 41c; A,
EN 3.3.17–18 (1113a2–9); H; C; P Krit. Hegem.; A-
A De Anima; P ad Gaurum, etc.; HWPhil 3 (1974)
1030 – 1031, Th. Kobusch.
See also: A T, A, A A, D
B, D K, K, M (M.), P,
P.
helepolis giant moveable siege-tower, on whose top level, and sometimes on whose
intermediate levels, catapults and/or ballistae were mounted; when the tower reached
the walls of the besieged city, ladders or boarding bridges were extended for assault.
BNP 6 (2005) 67–68, L. Burckhardt.
A M., B, D R, D, E,
K, P M.
He ̄rophileans medical school founded by H, which persisted through the
mid-1st c. CE. The members of the school continued to be interested in anatomy, pulse-
lore, and medical doxography. See esp. von Staden (1989) and (1999).
Entries on He ̄rophileans: A L, A K,
A A, A (H.), B T,
D A, D P, D P,
G (H.), H (H.), H E, H-
, K, K B, K, K (H.),
M (H.), S A, Z (H.), Z
L (?), Z (H.).
See also: A A S, A K, C
I., H T, H S, K
K, L , P K, S
A.
herpullos the creeping thyme (Thymus serpyllum L.), a decoction of whose flowers
and leaves was used as a heating, bitter tonic, and in the relief of severe coughs:
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