%0 Journal Article %A Nutton, Vivian %T Galen, a life of controversy %D 2021 %J Lampas, %V 54 %N 4 %P 409-428 %@ 2667-1573 %R https://doi.org/10.5117/LAM2021.4.002.NUTT %K Galen’s impact %K Galen’s learning %K Antonine Period %K Second Sophistic %K Galen’s writings %K Galen %I Amsterdam University Press, %X 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. %U https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/LAM2021.4.002.NUTT