Truly beyond wonders: aelius aristides and the cult of asklepios

A fully illustrated study of healing pilgrimage in the Roman empire during the second century AD. The focus is upon one particular pilgrim, the famous orator Aelius Aristides, whose Sacred Tales is examined in the context of the sanctuary of Asklepios at Pergamon, where the author spent two years in search of healing. INDICE: 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

• ISBN: 978-0-19-956190-2
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 344
• Fecha Publicación: 04/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés