In praise of Asclepius : selected prose hymns /

In praise of Asclepius : selected prose hymns /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Aristides, Aelius, author.
Imprint:	Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2016]
Description:	x, 164 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Sapere ; Band XXIX Sapere (Darmstadt, Germany) ; Bd. 29.
Subject:	Asklepios -- (Greek deity) -- Early works to 1800. Asklepios -- (Greek deity) Speeches. Early works. Speeches.
Format:	Map Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11049766

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Other uniform titles:	Russell, D. A. (Donald Andrew), Brockmann, Christian, Melfi, Milena, Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther, 1957- Parker, Robert, 1950- Steger, Florian, 1974- Trapp, Michael B., Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Asklēpiadai. English (Russell) Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Asklēpiadai. Greek (Russell) Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Eis to phrear tou Asklēpiou. English (Russell) Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Eis to phrear tou Asklēpiou. Greek (Russell) Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Lalia eis Asklēpion. English (Russell) Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Lalia eis Asklēpion. Greek (Russell) Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Panēgyrikos epi tō hydati tō en Pergamō. English (Russell) Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Panēgyrikos epi tō hydati tō en Pergamō. Greek (Russell)
ISBN:	9783161536595 3161536592
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Original text in Greek, introduction, text, translation, commentary and essays in English.
Standard no.:	9783161536595

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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	x, 164 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9783161536595 3161536592