Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides

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Hovedforfatter: Israelowich, Ido, 1972-
Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Serier:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. Monographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ; v. 341.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Aelius Aristides and the sacred tales
  • Introduction
  • The composition of the sacred tales
  • Date of composition
  • Method of composition
  • Motives for composition
  • The sacred tales as an autobiography
  • The ancient readers of the sacred tales
  • A narrative of redemption
  • Society, disease and medicine in the sacred tales of Aristides
  • Introduction
  • The Graeco-Roman health-care system
  • Towards a definition of a medical discourse
  • Medicine in the Graeco-Roman world
  • Roman medicine and its Greek influences
  • Dreams
  • The sick, medicine and physicians in the world of the sacred tales
  • The place of the sick in society
  • Medical discourse in the sacred tales
  • The physicians in the sacred tales
  • Towards a medical history of Aelius Aristides
  • Falling ill
  • Aristides and Asclepius
  • Wider contexts
  • Reconsidering private religions; religion and religious experience in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides
  • Introduction
  • Theology
  • The myth of Asclepius
  • Divination, oracles and dreams
  • Dreams
  • Oracles
  • Visual culture and social forms of cult-organisation
  • Cult, festivals and games
  • The power of images.