Aelius Aristides' "Sacred Tales" offer a unique opportunity to examine how an educated man of the Second Century CE came to terms with illness. The experiences portrayed in the "Tales" disclose an understanding of illness in both religious and medical terms. Aristides was a devout worshipper of Asclepius while at the same time being a patient of some of the most distinguished physicians of his day. This monograph offers a textual analysis of the "Sacred Tales" in the context of the so-called Second Sophistic; medicine and the medical use of dream interpretation; and religion, with particular emphasis on the cult of Asclepius and the visual means used to convey religious content.

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Mnemosyne supplements ; volume 341, Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava -- v. 341., Leiden, Boston, Netherlands, 2012

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava, volume 341, Leiden, 2012

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Society, Medicine and Religionin the Sacred Tales of Aelius Aristides 4
Contents 8
Acknowledgements 10
Introduction 12
I. Aelius Aristides and the Sacred Tales 22
Introduction 22
1. The Composition of the Sacred Tales 25
Date of Composition 25
Method of Composition 26
Motives for Composition 30
2. The Sacred Tales as an Autobiography 35
3. The Ancient Readers of the Sacred Tales 37
4. A Narrative of Redemption 40
Conclusion 45
II. Society, Disease and Medicine in the Sacred Tales of Aristides 48
Introduction 48
1. The Graeco-Roman Health-Care System 51
Towards a Definition of a Medical Discourse 51
Medicine in the Graeco-Roman World 55
Roman Medicine and Its Greek Influences 67
Galen 73
Dreams 82
2. The Sick, Medicine and Physicians in the World of the Sacred Tales 97
The Place of the Sick in Society 98
Medical Discourse in the Sacred Tales 99
Medical Authority 99
Medical Praxis 102
Purgation 103
Pharmakon 107
Dreams 109
Medical Procedures and the Physicians 112
The Physicians in the Sacred Tales 114
3. Towards a Medical History of Aelius Aristides 116
Falling Ill 118
Aristides and Asclepius 124
Wider Contexts 133
Conclusion 143
III. Reconsidering Private Religions; Religion and Religious Experience in the Sacred Tales of Aelius Aristides 148
Introduction 148
1. Theology 151
2. The Myth of Asclepius 156
3. Divination, Oracles and Dreams 165
Dreams 170
Oracles 174
4. Visual Culture and Social Forms of Cult-Organisation 176
Cult, Festivals and Games 177
The Power of Images 183
Conclusion 190
Conclusion 192
Bibliography 200
Index 214

This Monograph Offers A Study Of The Inter-relations Between Medicine, Religion, And Literature In The Sacred Tales Of The Second Century Ce Greek Scholar Aelius Aristides.

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