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'Truly beyond wonders' : Aelius Aristides and the cult of Asklepios / Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis.
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Ebscohost Ebooks University Press Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Petsalis-Diomidis, Alexia.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.
- Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Rome.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Healing--Religious aspects--Roman religion.
- Healing.
- Asklepieion (Léntas, Greece).
- Aristides, Aelius. Sacred teachings.
- Aristides, Aelius.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (346 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Truly Beyond Wonders Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis investigates texts and material evidence associated with healing pilgrimage in the Roman empire during the second century AD. Her focus is upon one particular pilgrim, the famous orator Aelius Aristides, whose Sacred Tales, his fascinating account of dream visions, gruelling physical treatments, and sacred journeys, has been largely misunderstood and marginalized. Petsalis-Diomidis rehabilitates this text by placingit within the material context of the sanctuary of Asklepios at Pergamon, where the author spent two years in search of healing. The
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Plates; Abbreviations; Map; Introduction; 1. Pilgrimage Polemics: 'Neos Asklepios Glykon' in Image and Text; 2. Discourses of the Body and Travel: the Cultural Context of Healing Pilgrimage; 3. The Hieroi Logoi of Aelius Aristides: Aristides before his God in Body and Logos; 4. Collecting and Displaying Marvels: Paradoxography and the Asklepieion of Pergamon; 5. Choreography and Commemoration: the Asklepieion of Pergamon; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; Index Locorum
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Originally based on author's thesis (doctorial)--University of London, 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-161412-2
- 1-283-22274-4
- 9786613222749
- 0-19-157314-0
- OCLC:
- 744588768
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