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In Praise of Asclepius

AELIUS ARISTIDES.

Tübingen, Germany: Mohr Sieback, [2016]. Hardcover. Edited by Donald A. Russell, Michael Trapp and Heinz-Günther Nesselrath. Introduction, text, translation and essay by Christian Brockman, Milena Melfi, et al. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, dust jacket. x, 164pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Item #52423
ISBN: 9783161536595

Pristine, tight first edition of volume 29 of this publisher's "Scripta Antiquitatis Posterioris ad Ethicam REligionemque Pertinentia" series. 2nd-century A.D. author and orator Aristides penned eight prose hymns to the Greek gods, four of them -- presented here -- to the ancient Greek god of medicine and healing.

Price: $75.00