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PART IV From Sacred Space to Sacred Time ...
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CHAPTER TEN A Day in the Life of a Greek Sanctuary Beate Dignas A Fly on the Wall If it were less fragmentary, an inscription fr ...
(20) Whoever wants to be cured by the god shall pay a fee of no less than nine obols of accepted silver and deposit it in the tr ...
of historical significance. Throughout the year, religious personnel within and others as mediators between sanctuary and commun ...
from where many cults of Asclepius originated (Pausanias 2.26.8–9; for Athens see alsoIGii^2 4960a), as well as elsewhere, the c ...
Figure 10.1 Plan and sections of the Corinthian Asklepieion. Reproduced with permission from Lang 1977:q fig. 15, by D.B. Peck a ...
upon entering Asclepius’ precincts; at Corinth, the visitor, who entered through a gateway in the east wall, was immediately con ...
Sanctuaries of Asclepius were filled with special votives, expressing the hopes and gratitude of those who wanted to be healed b ...
ceremonies taking place within temples (Corbett 1970:157 n. 30 with references). The material remains of strong-boxes further co ...
given healing sanctuary. Equally impressive are the so-called miracle inscriptions from Epidaurus, where patients tended to put ...
Visual and epigraphic testimonies are enhanced by a passage from our literary record, the most vivid verbal step-by-step renderi ...
of the daily life in the Heraeon. Allowing for a ‘‘business life’’ within the precinct was not only a matter of providing religi ...
incubation. The texts also emphasize the perquisites of priests or assistants who administer the process of healing. When Aristo ...
copy of an older text). A ‘‘bath attendant’’ (balaneus) existed in the sanctuary of Asclepius on Aegina (IGiv^2 1 no. 126, AD 16 ...
account for this transformation from ‘‘private’’ to ‘‘public’’ and it is just as difficult to distinguish clearly between ‘‘priv ...
introduction) is and will remain the standard work and ‘‘gold mine’’ on Asclepius. For visual representations of the process of ...
CHAPTER ELEVEN Purity and Pollution Andreas Bendlin Introduction ‘‘Purity’’ and ‘‘pollution’’ are not given or natural physical ...
The Greek language possesses an elaborate range of words to express the notions of ritual purity, pollution, and purification. I ...
isolated evidence concerning their being regarded asphysically(or pathogenically) polluting. Even though undertaking is seen as ...
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