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Abstract

This paper is concerned not with medical theories　 but with “discourses” about a famous physician　 and I have addressed the subject of Hippocratic Legends as related to the Hippocratic Tradition In this research　 I pay attention to the Asclepiad guild of Cos　 especially its status and privilege among Greek physicians and its role in the development of Hippocratic Tradition　 In examining this issues Pseudepigrapha which are parts of the Hippocratic collections　 that is Corpus Hippocraticum　 are the most important texts　 though they have been neglected for various reasons　 It will be useful to look at some epigraphical and historical informations in comparison with the Pseudepigrapha　 especially with the Presbeutikos　 from which Hippocratic legends originate　 In the result　 it will be manifest that the Presbeutikos is a species of propaganda for the Coan Asclepiads and Pseudepigrapha's introduction into the Corpus　 in the absence of biographical and historical information about Hippocrates　 had much to do with the characterization of early Greek medical tradition　 that became common in antiquity　 In the conceptual dimension　 we can and must distinguish between the idealization of Hippocrates as “the father of medicine”　 and the idealization of him as a respectable physician　 But in reality　 or historically　 the ancient Hippocratic Tradition is amalgamation of these two aspects.