In praise of Asclepius selected prose hymns
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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Tübingen
Mohr Siebeck
[2016], 2016
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-149) and indexes
- 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