Aelius Aristides and the cult of Asklepios Petsalis-Diomidis, Alexia. creator text bibliography Electronic book Electronic books Electronic books. enk Oxford Oxford University Press 2010 monographic eng 1 online resource (xxiv, 315 pages) : illustrations (some color) In Truly Beyond Wonders Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis investigates texts and material evidence associated with healing pilgrimage in the Roman empire during the second century AD. Her focus is upon one particular pilgrim, the famous orator Aelius Aristides, whose Sacred Tales, his fascinating account of dream visions, gruelling physical treatments, and sacred journeys, has been largely misunderstood and marginalized. Petsalis-Diomidis rehabilitates this text by placingit within the material context of the sanctuary of Asklepios at Pergamon, where the author spent two years in search of healing. The. Pilgrimage polemics : 'neos Asklepios Glykon' in image and text -- Discourses of the body and travel : the cultural context of healing pilgrimage -- The Hieroi Logoi of Aelius Aristides : Aristides before his God in body and logos -- Collecting and displaying marvels : paradoxography and the Asklepieion of Pergamon -- Choreography and commemoration : the Asklepieion of Pergamon. by Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis. Includes bibliographical references and index. e------ Aristides, Aelius Asklepieion (Bergama, Turkey) Asklepieion (Bergama, Turkey) Pilgrims and pilgrimages Rome Healing Religious aspects Roman religion RELIGION Antiquities & Archaeology BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Spirituality Paganism & Neo-Paganism Pilgrims and pilgrimages Rome (Empire) PA3874.A7 Z5 2010eb 292.351 Petsalis-Diomidis, Alexia. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010 (DLC) 2010278274 (OCoLC)368048396 9780191573149 0191573140 1283222744 9781283222747 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=380992 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=380992 N$T 110803 20200709055408.0 ocn744588768 eng