Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides / by Ido Israelowich.
Aelius Aristides' Sacred Tales offer a unique opportunity to examine how an educated man of the Second Century CE came to terms with illness. The experiences portrayed in the Tales disclose an understanding of illness in both religious and medical terms. Aristides was a devout worshipper of Asc...
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| Superior document: | Mnemosyne supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature, v. 341 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ;
v. 341. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Aelius Aristides' Sacred Tales offer a unique opportunity to examine how an educated man of the Second Century CE came to terms with illness. The experiences portrayed in the Tales disclose an understanding of illness in both religious and medical terms. Aristides was a devout worshipper of Asclepius while at the same time being a patient of some of the most distinguished physicians of his day. This monograph offers a textual analysis of the Sacred Tales in the context of the so-called Second Sophistic; medicine and the medical use of dream interpretation; and religion, with particular emphasis on the cult of Asclepius and the visual means used to convey religious content. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1280688211 9786613665157 9004229442 |
| ISSN: | 0169-8958 ; |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Ido Israelowich. |