Healing, Disease and Placebo in Graeco-Roman Asclepius Temples: A Neurocognitive Approach

by Olympia Panagiotidou

Book Overview

Healing, Disease and Placebo in Graeco-Roman Asclepius Temples narrates a story of religious healing that took place at sanctuaries dedicated to the ancient Greek god Asclepius, the asclepieia. The Asclepius cult, which attracted supplicants afflicted by various illnesses, appeared in Greece in the sixth century BCE, thrived in the Hellenistic period and spread throughout the Graeco-Roman world, only declining during the final dominance of Christianity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800501412
• ISBN13: 9781800501416
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"