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In Praise of Asclepius - Aelius Aristides, Selected Prose Hymns (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,251

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In Praise of Asclepius - Aelius Aristides, Selected Prose Hymns (Hardcover): Christian Brockmann

In Praise of Asclepius - Aelius Aristides, Selected Prose Hymns (Hardcover)

Christian Brockmann; Edited by Donald A. Russell; As told to Milena Melfi; Edited by Michael Trapp; As told to Robert Parker; Edited by Heinz-Gunther Nesselrath; As told to Florian Steger

Series: Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia, XXIX

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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.

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Imprint:	J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia, XXIX
Release date:	August 2016
As told to:	Christian Brockmann
Editors:	Donald A. Russell
As told to:	Milena Melfi
Editors:	Michael Trapp
As told to:	Robert Parker
Editors:	Heinz-Gunther Nesselrath
As told to:	Florian Steger
Dimensions:	153 x 234mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	174
ISBN-13:	978-3-16-153659-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Myths & mythology Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Folklore Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Religion & Spirituality > Myths & mythology Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion Promotions
LSN:	3-16-153659-2
Barcode:	9783161536595