TY  - BOOK
AU  - Israelowich,Ido
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides
T2  - Mnemosyne supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature,
AV  - PA3874.A7 Z5 2012eb
U1  - 885/.01 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Aristides, Aelius.
KW  - Medicine, Greek and Roman
KW  - History
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10569502
ER  -