The Dreams and Visions of Aelius Aristides: A Case-Study in the History of Religions

by John Stephens

The second century CE Greco-Roman sophist Aelius Aristides was a member of the cult of Asclepius, a popular religious cult of the Hellenistic world. In his diary, the Sacred Tales, Aristides presents a first-person account of the multitude of nocturnal and waking dream-visions and miraculous healings that took place in his life while belonging to this cult. An examination of Aristides' religiosity, especially the accounts of the dream-visions and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1463202326
• ISBN13: 9781463202323
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Gorgias Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"