Prometheus and the Liver Through Art and Medicine (English, Julia Van Rosmalen | Merel Gulik | Belle Van Rosmalen)

About the Book

Prometheus was punished by the supreme god Zeus for giving to mankind the Olympic fire with which they learned to think and feel. He was chained to a cliff in the Caucasus, where, to make matters worse, he was visited daily by an eagle who ate part of his liver. At night, however, his liver grew back. We now know that the liver can regenerate, but were the ancient Greeks aware of this quality? The myth of Prometheus has been a source of inspirati…

ISBN: 9789463723091