Authors
Citation
S. Amigues, The "white hellebore", a note on Dioscorides-IV,148, REV PHILOL, 73(1), 1999, pp. 7-13
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Classical Studies
Journal title
REVUE DE PHILOLOGIE DE LITTERATURE ET D HISTOIRE ANCIENNES
ISSN journal
00351652
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Volume
73
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
7 - 13
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-1652(1999)73:1<7:T"HANO>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The description of the "white hellebore" in Dioscorides, IV, 148, as found
in Wellmann's edition, does not reflect accurately the botanical features o
f Veratrum album L., which all scholars identify there. In fact, emendation
of the text is appropriate.