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...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Arístides, Elio (-)
Otros Autores: Trapp, Michael, Russell, Donald A., Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther, Brockmann, Christian, Melfi, Milena, Parker, Robert, Steger, Florian
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck 2016
Colección:Sapere ; 29
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Conventual de El Escorial:http://catalogo.bibliotecasagustinianas.es/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=429329
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Texts, translations and notes / by Donald A. Russell. Or. 38. Ασκληπιάδαι
  • Or. 39. Εἰς τὸ φρέαρ τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ
  • Or. 42. Λαλιὰ εἰς Ἀσκληπιόν
  • Πανηγυρικὸς τῷ ὕδατι <τῷ> ἐν Περγάμῳ
  • Notes on the translations / Donald A. Russell, M. Melfi, H.-G. Nesselrath, R. Parker, M. Trapp. 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.