Word: aesculapius
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Rupert Norton '88 has presented to the Fogg Museum an ancient Greek marble statue of Aesculapius, which will soon be placed on exhibition. Two very valuable paintings have also been recently acquired. One is ascribed with very good authority to Lorenzo Lotto, while the other, a smaller picture, is attributed to Raphael...
Professor Clifford H. Moore lectured last night on "The Shrine of Aesculapius at Epidaurus." There seems, he said, to be no reason to doubt that the old legends are correct when they state that the worship of the god originated in Thessaly and was carried to Argolis by men driven from home by pressure from the north. The shrine held an important place in ancient literature. Even Aristophanes, who burlesques the methods of the priests, seems to have believed in the power of the god. According to official records, lately discovered, the patient slept in the shrine over night...
Professor Clifford H. Moore of the Classical Department will deliver a lecture on "The Shrine of Aesculapius at Epidaurus," in the Fogg Lecture Room at 8 o'clock this evening. Epidaurus is situated on the eastern coast of Greece and the shrine of Aesculapius located here is one of the most ancient of the old Greek temples still standing. The shrine was erected to Aesculapius, the Greek god of healing, and it is known that the temple was the principal place of worship of this deity from the sixth century B. C. until about the year 200 A. D. There...
...Classical Lectures. II. The Shrine of Aesculapius at Epidaurus. (Illustrated by the Stereopticon.) Professor Clifford H. Moore. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...
...Classical Lectures. II. The Shrine of Aesculapius, at Epidaurus. (Illustrated by the Stereopticon.) Professor Clifford H. Moore. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...