John Wilkins

John Wilkins is a specialist in the history of food and medicine in Greco-Roman culture, with current interests in literature (eg comic drama) and medicine (especially nutrition). He is currently working on are the Deipnosophistae (Philosophers at Dinner) of Athenaeus and On Simple Medicines of Galen, both written in the last 2nd/early 3rd centuries AD, at a time when Greek authors were reviewing the previous millennium of Greek culture.