LEADER 03866nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910827267303321 005 20240516171335.0 010 $a1-280-68821-1 010 $a9786613665157 010 $a90-04-22944-2 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004229440 035 $a(CKB)2670000000212059 035 $a(EBL)934337 035 $a(OCoLC)795120530 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000713133 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11424977 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000713133 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10657909 035 $a(PQKB)10839262 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC934337 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004229440 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL934337 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10569502 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL366515 035 $a(PPN)174389108 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000212059 100 $a20120213d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSociety, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides$b[electronic resource] /$fby Ido Israelowich 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cBrill$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 225 1 $aMnemosyne supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature,$x0169-8958 ;$vv. 341 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-22908-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAelius 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. 330 $aAelius Aristides' Sacred Tales offer a unique opportunity to examine how an educated man of the Second Century CE came to terms with illness. The experiences portrayed in the Tales disclose an understanding of illness in both religious and medical terms. Aristides was a devout worshipper of Asclepius while at the same time being a patient of some of the most distinguished physicians of his day. This monograph offers a textual analysis of the Sacred Tales in the context of the so-called Second Sophistic; medicine and the medical use of dream interpretation; and religion, with particular emphasis on the cult of Asclepius and the visual means used to convey religious content. 410 0$aMnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava.$pSupplementum.$pMonographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ;$vv. 341. 606 $aMedicine, Greek and Roman$xHistory 615 0$aMedicine, Greek and Roman$xHistory. 676 $a885/.01 700 $aIsraelowich$b Ido$f1972-$01185785 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827267303321 996 $aSociety, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides$92748811 997 $aUNINA