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Geller, Markham J.,

Melothesia in Babylonia : medicine, magic, and astrology in the ancient Near East / Markham J. Geller. - 1 online resource (xii, 100 pages .) - Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures ; volume 2 . - Science, technology, and medicine in ancient cultures ; v. 2. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: globalisation of knowledge -- The Uruk taxonomy (SBTU I 43) -- Uruk astral magic (BRM 4 20 and BRM 4 19) -- The Neo-Assyrian precursor: before the zodiac -- Ancient Aramaic and Greek parallels -- Astrological interpretation of SBTU I 43 -- Melothesia -- Concluding hypothesis.

This book examines the Babylonian backgroundof melothesia, the science of charting zodiac influences on the human body, which transformed older divination by connecting astrology with medical techniques. Special attention is given to a text from late-5th-century Uruk, which is argued to be an important representative of this new approach to the healing arts, previously only known from Greek and medieval astrology.


In English.

ISBN: 1614516936 9781614516934 9781614519348 161451934X

Standard No.: 10.1515/9781614516934 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian.
Astrology, Assyro-Babylonian.
Medical astrology.
Astrology.
Medicine--History.
Magic.
History, Ancient
Astrology
History of Medicine
Magic
Médecine assyro-babylonienne.
Astrologie assyro-babylonienne.
Astrologie médicale.
Astrologie.
Médecine--Histoire.
Magie.
astrology.
history of medicine.
illusion (performing art)
magic (occult science)
TRAVEL--General.--South America
Medicine
Magic
Astrology
Astrology, Assyro-Babylonian
Medical astrology
Medicine, Assyro-Babylonian

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Mesopotamia

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History

LC Class. No.: R135.3 / .G45 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 610.935

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WZ 51