Society, medicine, and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides /
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...
المؤلف الرئيسي:
التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني
اللغة: English
منشور في:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2012.
سلاسل:
Mnemosyne, Supplements
341.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.
الموضوعات:
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الوسوم: إضافة وسم
رقم الطلب: PA3874.A7 Z5 2012
| الملخص: | 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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| وصف مادي: | 1 online resource (viii, 206 pages) |
| بيبلوغرافيا: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ردمك: | 9789004229440 |
| تدمد: | 0169-8958 ; |
| وصول: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |