In this fascinating addition to the Classical Inter/faces series, Karelisa V. Hartigan suggests that drama was regularly performed in the theatres built within or adjacent to the ancient sanctuaries of Asklepios. She argues that a pageant which...
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In this fascinating addition to the Classical Inter/faces series, Karelisa V. Hartigan suggests that drama was regularly performed in the theatres built within or adjacent to the ancient sanctuaries of Asklepios. She argues that a pageant which showed the enactment of the god healing prompted the dream therapy the patient experienced at the sanctuary. Patients who viewed this drama were ready to receive the nightly ministrations of the deity, his attendants and his animals while they slept in the dormitory at the Asklepieion. To support her thesis, Hartigan discusses the mind-body relationship
Cover; Contents; Preface; Glossary; Introduction; I. Drama and Healing in Contemporary Medicine; 1. The Relationship Between Mind and Body; 2. Art and Medicine; II. Drama and Healing in Ancient Greece; 1. The Cult of Asklepios; The God; The Process; The Evidence; 2. The Sanctuaries; Epidauros; Other Major Healing Sites; Regional Sites; Local Sites; Pausanias and Asklepios; Athens; III. Drama and Healing in the Contemporary American Hospital; Case Study: Shands Hospital at the University of Florida; IV. Asklepios Beyond the Classical World; 1. Asklepios and Jesus
2. Healing Saints of the Greek Orthodox ChurchV. Conclusion and Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z
