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Telephone 212 751 7200 Fax 212 751 7220
Via Angelo Masina 5 00153 Roma ITALIA
Telefono 39 06 58461 Fax 39 06 5810788
Giulia Piccaluga
L'arrivo di Esculapio a Roma: un problema di sincretismo Tuesday 7 December
6pm - Lecture
Lecture Room The attitude of the early Romans toward Greek medicine is well known: they had no faith in it whatsoever, nor in Greek doctors, whom they considered little more than greedy and malevolent charlatans. The Romans took other approaches to illness: first, they attempted to avoid it, by being careful in their diet; if that didn't work, they administered traditional substances believed to cure this or that disease; and finally, they had recourse to the supernatural - that is, until the day when an epidemic forced the Roman Senate to turn to Greek medicine, by officially importing the Greek god Aesclepius to Rome. Giulia Piccaluga, historian of classical religion at the University of Rome "La Sapienza," will discuss this event and its effects on Roman culture. The lecture will be in Italian. The Library will hold a sale of duplicate books on Tuesday 7 December from 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm (reserved for Friends of the Library and for the Academy community) and on Thursday 9 December from 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm (open to the general public).
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