Word: aesculapius
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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...
March 5.--The Shrine of Aesculapius at Epidaurus. Illustrated by the stereopticon. Asst. Professor Clifford H. Moore...
...school of Salemo, near Naples. During the early centuries of Christianity the practice of medicine was almost entirely in the hands of monks. They devoted themselves to its study, handed downs its secrets to the members of their brotherhood, and continued the good work begun by the priests of AEsculapius, who were said to closely resemble monks in their convictions of the religiousness of a life devoted to the relief of suffering, Gradually in the course of a few decades, the instruction of these monks developed into a full university course of three years in the arts and five...