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

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

Perspectives on Philosophy and Religious Thought

John Stephens

170 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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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 noct...

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