FUNCTIONS AND TECHNIQUE OF QUOTATION IN GALEN’S WRITINGS

Abstract

In the corpus of texts by Galen of Pergamon (129-210/217), in addition to references to the works of medical and philosophical authors, there are a large number of quotations from classical Greek literature. The researcher analyzes the problem of functioning of these numerous quotations based on the texts, which are usually classified as scientific ancient prose, and considers what technical methods of introducing quotations he used. An analysis of the circle of authors cited by Galen shows that, in general, it corresponds to the circle of quotations of his contemporaries, belonging to the culture of the Second Sophistic. In addition to direct quotations, which could perform argumentative, educational, polemical and decorative functions, Galen’s texts contain a large number of indirect quotations and allusions to historical and mythological plots, testifying to the intertextual nature of his medical texts, which open up broad prospects for further philological research in the field of the relationship between science and literature in Antiquity.