L’Asklepieion di Kos

archeologia del culto

by Elisabetta Interdonato

Book cover: L’Asklepieion di Kos

Extent: 410 pages

Publisher: L’ERMA di Bretschneider

Subjects: Mediterranean Archaeology, Religious Studies

Series: Supplementi e monografie della Rivista Archeologia Classica

Series volume number: 12

Language: Italian

Paperback (Out of print)

(October 2013)

ISBN: 9788891304995

Price: $199.00

Out of stock

Up until today, the Asklepieion of Kos had not been the subject of a wide-ranging publication that took into consideration all its rich epigraphic and literary documentation. This is all the more surprising given that in recent years, research on the cult of the god and his holy places has been highly successful, as evidenced by, among other works, two excellent monographs of J. Riethmuller and M. Melfi. Italian text.


English summary: Up until today, the Asklepieion of Kos had not been the subject of a wide-ranging publication that took into consideration all its rich epigraphic and literary documentation. This is all the more surprising given that in recent years, research on the cult of the god and his holy places has been highly successful, as evidenced by, among other works, two excellent monographs of J. Riethmuller and M. Melfi. Italian description: Tra i santuari piu celebri dell’ antichita, l’ Asklepieion di Kos non era stato, finora, oggetto di una pubblicazione di ampio respiro che riprendesse in maniera esaustiva, insieme alle strutture e ai manufatti, tutta la ricca documentazione epigrafica e letteraria. La circostanza sorprende ancor piu se si pensa che negli ultimi anni le ricerche sul culto del dio e sui suoi luoghi sacri hanno conosciuto una notevole fortuna, come dimostrano, tra i vari lavori, le due ottime monografie di J. Riethmuller e di M. Melfi…

L'Asklepieon di Kos: storia degli studi e delle ricerche
L'architettura del santuario
La decorazione scultorea del santuario.

  • By (author) Elisabetta Interdonato