Healing, disease, and placebo in Graeco-Roman Asclepius temples: a neurocognitive approach
"This book follows the evidence for Asclepius' supplicants from the moment in which they realized that they were sick until the healing experiences, which they might have had at the asclepieia. From a historical perspective, the main features of the Asclepius cult, as they were shaped main...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Sheffield, UK Bristol, CT
Equinox
2022
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| In: | Year: 2022 |
| Series/Journal: | Advances in the cognitive science of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greece (Altertum, Motiv)
/ Medicine
B Classical antiquity / Medicine B Asclepius / Cult / Healing |
| Further subjects: | B
Medicine, Greek and Roman
B Asklepios (Greek deity) Cult B Healing Religious aspects |
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| Summary: | "This book follows the evidence for Asclepius' supplicants from the moment in which they realized that they were sick until the healing experiences, which they might have had at the asclepieia. From a historical perspective, the main features of the Asclepius cult, as they were shaped mainly in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, are examined"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1800501420 |