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Society, Medicine and Religion in the Sacred Tales of Aelius Aristides

Society, Medicine and Religion in the Sacred Tales of Aelius Aristides

Israelowich, Ido

Hardcover

Literary CriticismAncient History General

ISBN10: 9004229086
ISBN13: 9789004229082
Publisher: Brill
Published: May 7 2012
Pages: 206
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
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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