Israelowich, Ido  1972- <br/><br/>
Society, medicine and religion in the sacred tales of Aelius Aristides  [Texte imprimé] / 
by Ido Israelowich 
 - Leiden ;  Boston :  Brill,  2012 
 - 1 vol. (VIII-206 p.) ;  24 cm 
 - Mnemosyne. Supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature .
 - Mnemosyne.  Supplements : monographs on Greek and Latin language and literature (Brill, Leiden) ;  341 .
<br/><br/>Bibliogr. p. 189-201 
<br/><br/>Aelius 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004229082 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Aristides, Aelius. Medicine, Greek and Roman 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>885.01