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Truly beyond wonders : Aelius Aristides and the cult of Asklepios / by Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis.
Van Pelt Library PA3874.A7 P48 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Petsalis-Diomidis, Alexia.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aristides, Aelius. Sacred teachings.
- Aristides, Aelius.
- Asklepieion (Léntas, Greece).
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Rome.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Healing--Religious aspects--Roman religion.
- Healing.
- Healing--Religious aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 315 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Pilgrimage polemics : 'neos Asklepios Glykon' in image and text
- Discourses of the body and travel : the cultural context of healing pilgrimage
- The Hieroi Logoi of Aelius Aristides : Aristides before his God in body and logos
- Collecting and displaying marvels : paradoxography and the Asklepieion of Pergamon
- Choreography and commemoration : the Asklepieion of Pergamon.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199561902
- 0199561907
- OCLC:
- 368048396
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