@article{aup:/content/journals/10.5117/LAM2021.4.002.NUTT, author = "Nutton, Vivian", title = "Galen, a life of controversy", journal= "Lampas", year = "2021", volume = "54", number = "4", pages = "409-428", doi = "https://doi.org/10.5117/LAM2021.4.002.NUTT", url = "https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/LAM2021.4.002.NUTT", publisher = "Amsterdam University Press", issn = "2667-1573", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Galen’s impact", keywords = "Galen’s learning", keywords = "Antonine Period", keywords = "Second Sophistic", keywords = "Galen’s writings", keywords = "Galen", abstract = "Abstract Galen (129-216) has always been a controversial figure even today. This paper examines various features of his writings and seeks to show how they would have appeared to his contemporaries in a competition for patients. Some features were emphasised by Galen himself, others have to be discerned by reading between the lines of his voluminous output, and others by setting him in a context of sophistic performance and debate.", }