Plague and the Athenian Imagination: Drama, History, and the Cult of Asclepius

by Robin Mitchell-Boyask

Book Overview

The great plague of Athens that began in 430 BCE had an enormous effect on the imagination of its literary artists and on the social imagination of the city as a whole. In this book, Professor Mitchell-Boyask studies the impact of the plague on Athenian tragedy early in the 420s and argues for a significant relationship between drama and the development of the cult of the healing god Asclepius in the next decade, during a period of war and increasing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521296374
• ISBN13: 9780521296373
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"