In Praise of Asclepius Aelius Aristides, 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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Aristides, Aelius, author (author), Nesselrath, Karl-Heinz editor (editor), Trapp, Michael editor, Russell, Donald A. editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tubingen : Mohr Siebeck 2016
2016.
Edición:1. Aufl
Colección:Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque pertinentia 5.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009432221806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.
  • 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.