Title In praise of Asclepius : selected prose hymns / Aelius Aristides ; introduction, text, translation and interpretative essays by Christian Brockmann, Milena Melfi, Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, Robert Parker, Donald A. Russell, Florian Steger, Michael Trapp ; edited by Donald A. Russell, Michael Trapp, and Heinz-Günther Nesselrath

Published Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 164 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Sapere ; Band XXIX Sapere (Darmstadt, Germany) ; Bd. 29. Contents 880-01 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 880-01/(S 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 Summary 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 perspectives Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-149) and indexes Notes Original text in Greek, introduction, text, translation, commentary and essays in English This work is licensed under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode Print version record Subject Asklepios (Greek deity) -- Early works to 1800 SUBJECT Asklepios (Greek deity) fast Aesculapius gnd Aristides, Aelius 117-187 Orationes gnd Subject Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek. Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek -- Translations into English PHILOSOPHY -- Essays. Speeches, addresses, etc., Greek Genre/Form speeches (documents) Translations Speeches Early works Speeches. Discours. Form Electronic book Author Brockmann, Christian, author Melfi, Milena, author. Nesselrath, Heinz-Günther, 1957- author, editor. Parker, Robert, 1950- author. Russell, D. A. (Donald Andrew), author, editor, translator. Steger, Florian, 1974- author. Trapp, Michael B., author, editor. Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Asklēpiadai. English (Russell) Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Asklēpiadai. Greek (Russell) Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Eis to phrear tou Asklēpiou. English (Russell) Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Eis to phrear tou Asklēpiou. Greek (Russell) Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Lalia eis Asklēpion. English (Russell) Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Lalia eis Asklēpion. Greek (Russell) Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Panēgyrikos epi tō hydati tō en Pergamō. English (Russell) Container of (expression): Aristides, Aelius. Panēgyrikos epi tō hydati tō en Pergamō. Greek (Russell) ISBN 9783161564260 316156426X 9783161536595 3161536592

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