Dioscorides receives a mandrake root from Euresis
Dioscorides(c. 40 - 90 AD), Greek naturalist, receives a mandrake root from Euresis, goddess of Discovery, and commissions an artist to make a drawing of it
Picture No
10018552
Media ID
47165901
Size
3845px x 2542px
(3.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
E.Tournoi, from an ancient manuscript, reproduced in, Figuier, Vies des Savants Illustres - Antiquite, p352
Date
circa 80 AD
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