Asclepius: Collection and Interpretation of the Testimonies, Volume 1JHU Press, 1998 - 782 pagine A classic study of the legendary Greek physician and—in the last stages of paganism—the Greek deity who posed the greatest challenge to Christ. Throughout nearly all of antiquity, the legendary Greek physician, Asclepius, son of Apollo and Coronis, was not only the primary representative of divine healing, but also so influential in the religious life of later centuries that, as Emma J. Edelstein and Ludwig Edelstein point out, "in the final stages of paganism, of all genuinely Greek gods, [he] was judged the foremost antagonist of Christ." Providing an overview of all facets of the Asclepius phenomenon, this book, first published in two volumes in 1945, comprises a unique collection of the literary references and inscriptions in ancient texts—given in both the original and translation—to the deity, his life, his deeds, his cult, and his temples, as well as an extended analysis of them. |
Sommario
LEGEND | 1 |
DESCENDANTS | 60 |
THE HERO ASCLEPIUS 164 | 64 |
DEIFICATION AND DIVINE NATURE | 108 |
MEDICINE | 179 |
Epiphanies and Dreams in other places T 443454 | 254 |
Undeterminable Cases T 455462 | 267 |
IMAGES | 343 |
INDEX LOCORUM pp 453470 | 453 |
The Homeric Asclepius 122 | 1 |
THE GOD ASCLEPIUS 65138 | 55 |
TEMPLE MEDICINE 139180 | 139 |
CULT 181213 | 181 |
IMAGE 214231 | 214 |
DEIFICATION AND DIVINE NATURE | 232 |
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 257260 | 259 |
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Asclepius: A Collection and Interpretation of the Testimonies, Parte 1 Emma Jeannette Levy Edelstein,Ludwig Edelstein Visualizzazione estratti - 1945 |
Asclepius: A Collection and Interpretation of the Testimonies, Parte 1 Emma Jeannette Levy Edelstein,Ludwig Edelstein Visualizzazione estratti - 1945 |