TY  - BOOK
AU  - Petsalis-Diomidis,Alexia
TI  - Truly beyond wonders: Aelius Aristides and the cult of Asklepios 
T2  - Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
SN  - 9780191573149
AV  - PA3874.A7 Z5 2010eb
U1  - 292.351 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Aristides, Aelius.
KW  - Asklepieion (Bergama, Turkey)
KW  - fast
KW  - Sacred teachings (Aristides, Aelius)
KW  - Pilgrims and pilgrimages
KW  - Rome
KW  - Healing
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Roman religion
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Antiquities & Archaeology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
KW  - Spirituality
KW  - Paganism & Neo-Paganism
KW  - Rome (Empire)
KW  - Electronic book
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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