Lycanthropy in Byzantine times (AD 330-1453).

The article discusses and reviews the Greek language texts of the medical literature regarding lycanthropy, which is a term used to describe the transformation of a human being into a wolf and the demonstration of animal-like behavior, during Byzantine times from the year 330 A.D. to the year 1453. During the Byzantine era, six medical authors explained lycanthropy as a type of melancholic depression and was later considered part of witchcraft in the Renaissance, according to the article. The association of lycanthropy with mental aberration and neurobehavioral disorders was considered the main contribution of the Byzantine era medical texts by the authors Oribasius, Aetius, Paul of Aegina, Paul of Nicaea, Michael Psellus and Joannes Actuarius.