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The Athenian Asklepieion
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Author : Sara B. Aleshire
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Athenian Asklepieion written by Sara B. Aleshire and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
The Athenian Asklepieion
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Author : Sara Bavousett Aleshire
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
The Athenian Asklepieion written by Sara Bavousett Aleshire and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with categories.
Cure And Cult In Ancient Corinth
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Author : Mabel L. Lang
language : en
Publisher: ASCSA
Release Date : 1977
Cure And Cult In Ancient Corinth written by Mabel L. Lang and has been published by ASCSA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with History categories.
Hundreds of life-size human limbs made from terracotta, including the remains of at least 125 human hands, testify to the efficacy of the medicine practiced at the Aklepieion, on the hillside north of ancient Corinth. Made as votive gifts to thank the god for a cure, these were among many extraordinary finds made during excavations at the Temple of Asklepios and Lerna spring between 1929 and 1934. As well as providing a helpful guide to the site, this fascinating booklet also offers a unique insight into the work of physicians in the Greek world, and the types of diseases they had to contend with.
The Athenian Asklepieion
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Author : Sara Bavousett Aleshire
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
The Athenian Asklepieion written by Sara Bavousett Aleshire and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with categories.
Asklepios At Athens
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Author : Sara B. Aleshire
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Asklepios At Athens written by Sara B. Aleshire and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The Athenian Asklepieion
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Author : Sara B. Aleshire
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Athenian Asklepieion written by Sara B. Aleshire and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with History categories.
Plague And The Athenian Imagination
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Author : Robin Mitchell-Boyask
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-12-13
Plague And The Athenian Imagination written by Robin Mitchell-Boyask and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
The great plague of Athens that began in 430 BCE had an enormous effect on the imagination of its literary artists and on the social imagination of the city as a whole. In this book, Professor Mitchell-Boyask studies the impact of the plague on Athenian tragedy early in the 420s and argues for a significant relationship between drama and the development of the cult of the healing god Asclepius in the next decade, during a period of war and increasing civic strife. The Athenian decision to locate their temple for Asclepius adjacent to the Theater of Dionysus arose from deeper associations between drama, healing and the polis that were engaged actively by the crisis of the plague. The book also considers the representation of the plague in Thucydides' History as well as the metaphors generated by that representation which recur later in the same work.
The Christianization Of An Ancient Pilgrimage Site
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Author : Arja Karivieri
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Christianization Of An Ancient Pilgrimage Site written by Arja Karivieri and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with categories.
The Temples And Ritual Of Asklepios At Epidauros And Athens
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Author : Richard Caton
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2020-03-16
The Temples And Ritual Of Asklepios At Epidauros And Athens written by Richard Caton and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-16 with Social Science categories.
According to tradition, Asklepios, the son of Apollo and Koronis, was born in the Hieron valley, in the Argolic peninsula; the place names still preserve the legend; the hamlet of Koroni commemorates his mother, the hill Titthion owes its name to his having been there suckled by a goat, while on the opposite hill, Kynortion, stood the temple of the Maleatean Apollo.
Asklepios Medicine And The Politics Of Healing In Fifth Century Greece
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Author : Bronwen L. Wickkiser
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 2008
Asklepios Medicine And The Politics Of Healing In Fifth Century Greece written by Bronwen L. Wickkiser and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
Delving deeply into ancient medical history, Bronwen L. Wickkiser explores the early development and later spread of the cult of Asklepios, one of the most popular healing gods in the ancient Mediterranean. Though Asklepios had been known as a healer since the time of Homer, evidence suggests that large numbers of people began to flock to the cult during the fifth century BCE, just as practitioners of Hippocratic medicine were gaining dominance. Drawing on close readings of period medical texts, literary sources, archaeological evidence, and earlier studies, Wickkiser finds two primary causes for the cult’s ascendance: it filled a gap in the market created by the refusal of Hippocratic physicians to treat difficult chronic ailments and it abetted Athenian political needs. Wickkiser supports these challenging theories with side-by-side examinations of the medical practices at Asklepios' sanctuaries and those espoused in Hippocratic medical treatises. She also explores how Athens' aspirations to empire influenced its decision to open the city to the healer-god's cult. In focusing on the fifth century and by considering the medical, political, and religious dimensions of the cult of Asklepios, Wickkiser presents a complex, nuanced picture of Asklepios' rise in popularity, Athenian society, and ancient Mediterranean culture. The intriguing and sometimes surprising information she presents will be valued by historians of medicine and classicists alike.