An early Western attempt to classify plants was made in the fourth century by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher. He divided ...

The Vikos Gorge, a wonder of the natural world in Greece, is known as the "Greek Grand Canyon" because of its cliffs and ...

For instance, De materia medica—On Medical Material—the classic treatise of Dioscorides, written at the time of the emperor Nero in the first century A.D., was translated into Arabic in ...

The Greeks and Romans followed suit, incorporating chamomile into their medical practices. Dioscorides, a Greek physician, documented its use in treating headaches and liver disorders ...

In Book 3 of his herbal, Dioscorides recommended licorice for “sharpness of the arteries”; “burning of the stomach”; chest, liver, bladder, and kidney disorders; parasitic skin diseases; wounds; and ...

Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...

The workshop is aimed at algebraic and arithmetic geometers curious about the potential application of model theory in their research, as well as at model theorists who are keen to learn how their ...

The dichloromethane extract prepared from the underground parts of Eleutherine bulbosa (Miller) Urban (Iridaceae) showed strong activity in the direct bioautography assay with the phytopathogenic ...