The Pergamene Asklepieion: A symbolic analysis of its space and activities

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" The Pergamene Asklepieion: A symbolic analysis of its space and activities "
Suzanne Lorraine Nordblom P. H. Sellew

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	53414
Doc. No	:	TL23368
Call number	:	‭3192036‬
Main Entry	:	Suzanne Lorraine Nordblom
Title & Author	:	The Pergamene Asklepieion: A symbolic analysis of its space and activities\ Suzanne Lorraine Nordblom
College	:	University of Minnesota
Date	:	2005
Degree	:	Ph.D.
student score	:	2005
Page No	:	514
Abstract	:	The Asklepieion of ancient Pergamon is an architecture that reflects the cultural ideals of a civilization that flourished in Asia Minor from the 4th century B.C.E. to 3rd century C.E. This sanctuary is a symbol that manifests political, social, and religious agendas of the people that built it, and is notable in the way it does this. To experience its space is to experience Asklepios, healing, and the authority of Rome. This dissertation is about experience. It is a study of how sacred space is formed, entered, and used by pilgrims seeking the healing attributed to the god Asklepios. It seeks to establish a theory and program for the success of this experience, and argues: (1) that the space of sacred activity communicates the cultural ideals of specific groups of people in specific places and periods in history; (2) that the symbolic programs identified in the space manifest the political, social, and religious agendas of the people that built them; (3) that the space is constructed to facilitate a specific experience to achieve a specific objective; (4) that those objectives are so closely intertwined with each other that the final spatial organization becomes paradigmatic of the experience intended; and (5) that ritual use of the space engages the experience to achieve the final objectives. The goal of the dissertation is to determine how the socio-political agendas of Imperial Rome and the activities that take place within the Asklepieion influence the spatial development of its environment to successfully facilitate the healing process.
Subject	:	Philosophy, religion and theology; Social sciences; Ancient medicine; Asklepieion; Space; Turkey; Religious history; Ancient civilizations; Cultural anthropology; 0326:Cultural anthropology; 0579:Ancient civilizations; 0320:Religious history
Added Entry	:	P. H. Sellew
Added Entry	:	University of Minnesota