Ancient Greeks purged city-states of disease as they would a human body — and it was the most vulnerable that suffered

Author(s)

• Meghan Henning, University of DaytonFollow
• Candida Moss, University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

Blog

Publication Date

3-24-2020

Abstract

The Greeks treated their city-states like bodies. The socially marginalized were most at threat when that body came under attack from disease – something that’s shared in the pandemic situation today.

eCommons Citation

Henning, Meghan and Moss, Candida, "Ancient Greeks purged city-states of disease as they would a human body — and it was the most vulnerable that suffered" (2020). University of Dayton Magazine Blog. 370.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/dayton_mag_blog/370