RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Nutton, VivianYR 2021 T1 Galen, a life of controversy JF Lampas, VO 54 IS 4 SP 409 OP 428 DO https://doi.org/10.5117/LAM2021.4.002.NUTT PB Amsterdam University Press, SN 2667-1573, AB 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., UL https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/LAM2021.4.002.NUTT