Anthimus (physician)

Anthimus (Greek: Ἄνθιμος; fl. 511-534) was a Byzantine physician at the court of the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great and author of De observatione ciborum ("On the Observance of Foods"), which is a valuable source for Late Latin linguistics as well as Byzantine dietetics.

Editions

• Valentin Rose, Anecdota graeca, vol. 2, Berlin, 1870, pp. 41 ff.
• Valentin Rose, Teubner edition, 1877 (online)

English translation

• Anthimus (Author), GRANT, Mark (Translator), "Anthimus: On the Observance of Foods", Prospect Books 1996, 2007; ISBN 1-903018-52-8 ISBN 978-1903018521 [1]
• Anthimus (Author), CHEVALLIER, Jim (Translator), "How To Cook an Early French Peacock: De Observatione Ciborum - Roman Food for a Frankish King", Chez Jim Books 2012; [2]

References

• Gordon M. Messing, "Remarks on Anthimus De observatione ciborum", Classical Philology 37:2:150-158 (April, 1942) at JSTOR