title: [DAUGHTERS OF SUN. MANIA, MELANCHOLY AND LOVE SICKNESS IN ANCIENT MYTH AND SCIENTIFIC SOURCES].
abstract: Ancient medical and philosophical sources do not discuss the etiology of lovesickness, simply cataloguing its symptoms. The 'informal' connection between black bile and lovesickness turns, in later texts, into a disease in whick black bile overheats, changing its nature (in CH it is a cold and dry element), burning and producing smoke. The article analyze this 'ontological' changement; the Pseudoaristotelian Problema XXX can help in reconstructing the sense of the mythological stories of Pasiphae, Medea, Ariadne and Phaedra, women bound by a close family relationship.
authors: Valentina
authors: V
authors: Gazzaniga
authors: Silvia
authors: S
authors: Marinozzi
mesh_terms: D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000266:history*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D005639:Frustration; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009229:Mythology