The Medical-Religious Practice of Votive Offerings and the Representation of a Unique Pathognomonic One Inside the Asclepieion of Corinth
Votive offerings to the healing gods were a common religious custom for the ill believers to achieve the expected cure. The dedication of votive offerings began in Prehistoric Crete and continued during the Classical Period, mainly connected with the god Asclepius. Most offerings presented healthy m...
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Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2015]
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Journal of religion and health
Jahr: 2015, Band: 54, Heft: 2, Seiten: 449-454 |
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Asclepieion
B Votive offerings B Corinth B Hand B Tamata |
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