In praise of Asclepius : selected prose hymns /

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In the second century AD Aelius Aristides wrote eight prose hymns to Greek gods. This volume presents a new edition of the Greek text of four of these hymns (focusing on Asclepius), a new English translation with notes, and a number of essays shedding additional light on these texts from various per...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Aristides, Aelius (Author), Brockmann, Christian (Author), Melfi, Milena (Author), Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther, 1957- (Author, Editor), Parker, Robert, 1950- (Author), Russell, D. A. (Donald Andrew) (Author, Editor, Translator), Steger, Florian, 1974- (Author), Trapp, Michael B. (Author, Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2016]
Series:Sapere (Darmstadt, Germany) ; Bd. 29.
Subjects:
Asklepios > (Greek deity) > Early works to 1800.
Asklepios > (Greek deity)
Aesculapius
Aristides, Aelius > 117-187 > Orationes
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek > Translations into English.
Discours grecs.
PHILOSOPHY > Essays.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek
Address
speeches (documents)
Translations
Speeches
Early works
Speeches.
Discours.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Texts, translations and notes / by Donald A. Russell. Or. 38. Asklēpiadai
  • Or. 39. Eis to phrear tou Asklēpiou
  • Or. 42. Lalia eis Asklēpion
  • Panēgyrikos tō hydati <tō> en Pergamō
  • Notes on the translations / Donald A. Russell, M. Melfi, H.-G. Nesselrath, R. Parker, M. Trapp.
  • Essays. Religion in the prose hyms / Robert Parker
  • The archaeology of the Asclepium of Pergamum / Milena Melfi
  • A god and two humans on matters of medicine : Asclepius, Galen and Aelius Aristides / Christian Brockmann
  • Aristides, patient of Asclepius in Pergamum / Florian Steger.

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