| In Praise of Asclepius: Aelius Aristides, Selected Prose Hymns Contributor(s): Russell, Donald A. (Editor), Trapp, Michael (Editor), Nesselrath, Heinz-Gunther (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3161536592 ISBN-13: 9783161536595 Publisher: Mohr Siebeck OUR PRICE: $70.30 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - Medical | History - Religion | History |
| Series: Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris Ad Ethicam Religionemque Pe |
| Physical Information: (0.84 lbs) 164 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the middle decades of the second century AD the acclaimed orator Aelius Aristides wrote a number of prose hymns to traditional Greek gods and thereby demonstrated that the cults of these gods had not yet become obsolete and were more than just a topic of backward-looking paideia. This volume presents four of these texts, specifically those that focus on the god of healing, Asclepius, together with a new edition of the Greek text, a new English translation with commentary, and a number of essays shedding additional light on these texts from various perspectives. All in all, the volume wants to show how in these texts of Aristides the author's rhetorical skills, his outlook on the world and his personal religiosity come together to form a remarkable whole. |