Kylikes zōēs kateunastriai : historikē kai iatrikē prosengisē stis dēlētēriaseis tēs Vyzantinēs periodou / Iōannē Laskaratou.

Athēna : [publisher not identified], [1994], ©1994.

335 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Summary in English entitled: "Cylices tranquillators of life : a historical and medical approach to poisoning in the Byzantine period"

"The main purpose of this book is to interpret from the medical point of view the poisoning as mentioned in the texts of Byzantine historians and chroniclers concerning the Byzantine period (324-1453 A.D.)" -- Summary, p. 289

"The title 'Cylices Tranquillators of Life' is used for this book because it was in these cylices that poisons were usually offered. It is borrowed from a phrase used by the Byzantine historian Nicetas Choniates in his description of two occasions of poisoning " -- Summary, p. 289

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Includes bibliographic references (p. 293-318) and index