Panagiotidou/Healing, Disease and Placebo, 3. The Spread of the Asclepius Cult

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How to Cite: Panagiotidou, Olympia. The Spread of the Asclepius Cult: Deciding to Visit an Asclepieion. Healing, Disease and Placebo in Graeco-Roman Asclepius Temples - A Neurocognitive Approach. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 67-89 Mar 2022. ISBN 9781800501423.

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Chapter 3 outlines the geographical expansion of the Asclepius cult and focuses on those features of the great asclepieia that made them attractive healing places for people suffering from health problems. The motives and conditions that could move persons afflicted by an illness to resort to Asclepius temples are examined.

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  • container title
    Healing, Disease and Placebo in the Asclepius Temples: A Neurocognitive Approach
  • creator
    Olympia Panagiotidou
  • isbn
    9781800501430 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • series title
    Advances in the Cognitive Science of Religion
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781800501430