{"product_id":"asklepios-medicine-and-the-politics-of-healing-in-fifthcentury-greece-9780801889783","title":"Asklepios Medicine and the Politics of Healing in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe intriguing and sometimes surprising information she presents will be valued by historians of medicine and classicists alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWickkiser, by focusing on a single historical event of some significance, has inserted an intriguing new angle to an old debate... In this respect, the present study provides the basis for further research into the significant questions which it raises. -- Konstantinos Kapparis, Ph.D. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 2009 Elegantly written, and with a sound command of the original Greek, it provides an excellent introduction to the rise of Asclepius' cult in Athens. It also promotes a clear and challenging thesis. -- Vivian Nutton Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science 2010 This book will be very useful to students and scholars (especially chapters four and five) of medical history, as it is a very clear introduction to the subject and somewhat renews our perspective on the origins of the cult of Asclepios in Athens. -- Caroline Petit Social History of Medicine 2010 Wickkiser freshly appraises our best evidence for the importation of the cult-namely, the Telemachus monument-in order to embed the event in both the space of the city and the local dynamics of power. -- Brooke Holmes Bulletin of the History of Medicine 2010 I have enjoyed reading this work enormously, and would recommend it to anyone seeking a short introduction to Asklepios, or to anyone teaching a course on ancient medicine or ancient 'religion'. -- Laurence Totelin Medical History 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eTranslations and Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eCommon Perceptions of Asklepios and His Cult\u003cbr\u003eThe Current Project\u003cbr\u003e1. From Practice to Profession: The Development of Greek Medicine from the Bronze Age to the Fifth Century BC\u003cbr\u003eThe Bronze Age and Homer\u003cbr\u003eBetween Homer and Hippocrates\u003cbr\u003eTradition and Change in Fifth-Century Medicine\u003cbr\u003eMedicine as a Techne\u003cbr\u003eMedicine and Its Limits\u003cbr\u003e2. Searching for a Cure: The Limits of Medicine and the Development of Asklepios' Cult\u003cbr\u003eAlternatives to Medicine: What Doctors Condoned\u003cbr\u003eHealing Gods\u003cbr\u003eThe Early Development of Asklepios' Cult\u003cbr\u003eThe Popularity of Asklepios and His Healing\u003cbr\u003e3. Asklepios and His Colleagues: Doctors and Divine Healers\u003cbr\u003eAsklepios as Doctor in Myth and Cult\u003cbr\u003eOther Healing Gods and Heroes\u003cbr\u003eDoctors and Their Patron God\u003cbr\u003eAsklepios' Specialization: Chronic Ailments\u003cbr\u003e4. Documenting Asklepios' Arrival in Athens\u003cbr\u003eSources\u003cbr\u003eDesccription, Text, and Translation of Telemachos Moument\u003cbr\u003eReading between the Lines\u003cbr\u003eThe Eleusinian Cult of Demeter and Kore\u003cbr\u003eThe Location of Asklepios' Sanctuary\u003cbr\u003e5. Asklepios and the Topography of Athenian Cult\u003cbr\u003eThe Acropolis and the Greater Panathenaia\u003cbr\u003eDionysos and Demeter\u003cbr\u003eDionysos Eleuthereus and the City Dionysia\u003cbr\u003eThe Sanctuary of Dionysos Eleuthereus\u003cbr\u003eThe City Dionysia\u003cbr\u003eEleusinian Demeter and the Mysteries\u003cbr\u003e6. Asklepios and Athenian Empire\u003cbr\u003eEpidauros and Athens in the Peloponnesian Wars\u003cbr\u003eThe Peace of Nicias and Epidaurian Asklepios\u003cbr\u003eAthens, Cults, and Politics in the Fifth Century\u003cbr\u003eNegotiating Empire\u003cbr\u003eAsklepios and the Kerykes in 418 BC\u003cbr\u003eMapping Meaning: The Epidauria Procession\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405206004055,"sku":"9780801889783","price":48.92,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/asklepios-medicine-and-the-politics-of-healing-in-fifthcentury-greece-9780801889783","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}