02661nam a2200337 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020004600112020002700158040002100185035002100206050002500227082001600252100002900268245012100297260003800418300001700456490010400473504005100577505116400628533015201792600004201944650004001986655002902026710001702055830012502072856012602197ebr10569502CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||120213s2012    ne      sb    001 0deng d  z  2012006305  z9789004229082 (hardback : alkaline paper)  z9789004229440 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)80205785314aPA3874.A7bZ5 2012eb04a885/.012231 aIsraelowich, Ido,d1972-10aSociety, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristidesh[electronic resource] /cby Ido Israelowich.  aLeiden ;aBoston :bBrill,c2012.  aviii, 206 p.1 aMnemosyne supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature,x0169-8958 ;vv. 341  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aAelius Aristides and the sacred tales -- Introduction -- The composition of the sacred tales -- Date of composition -- Method of composition -- Motives for composition -- The sacred tales as an autobiography -- The ancient readers of the sacred tales -- A narrative of redemption -- Society, disease and medicine in the sacred tales of Aristides -- Introduction -- The Graeco-Roman health-care system -- Towards a definition of a medical discourse -- Medicine in the Graeco-Roman world -- Roman medicine and its Greek influences -- Dreams -- The sick, medicine and physicians in the world of the sacred tales -- The place of the sick in society -- Medical discourse in the sacred tales -- The physicians in the sacred tales -- Towards a medical history of Aelius Aristides -- Falling ill -- Aristides and Asclepius -- Wider contexts -- Reconsidering private religions; religion and religious experience in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides -- Introduction -- Theology -- The myth of Asclepius -- Divination, oracles and dreams -- Dreams -- Oracles -- Visual culture and social forms of cult-organisation -- Cult, festivals and games -- The power of images.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2011.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.10aAristides, Aelius.tSacred teachings. 0aMedicine, Greek and RomanxHistory. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc. 0aMnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava.pSupplementum.pMonographs on Greek and Roman language and literature ;vv. 341.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10569502zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view