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Connoisseur of antiquity speaks in Pullach about "healing art"

2022-05-15T08:08:11.924Z


Connoisseur of antiquity speaks in Pullach about "healing art" Created: 05/15/2022, 10:00 am By: Marc Write This statue of Asklepios is a modern replica and stands in Sanssouci Park. © Angelika Mugler Ancient medicine is so multifaceted that one could spend many evenings with it. The Pullach classical philologist Marion Giebel limited herself to two lectures in the community center. Pullach –


Connoisseur of antiquity speaks in Pullach about "healing art"

Created: 05/15/2022, 10:00 am

By: Marc Write

This statue of Asklepios is a modern replica and stands in Sanssouci Park.

© Angelika Mugler

Ancient medicine is so multifaceted that one could spend many evenings with it.

The Pullach classical philologist Marion Giebel limited herself to two lectures in the community center.

Pullach

– Marion Giebel summed up the wealth of medicine that the ancient world held in store for medicine and how many admirable things the gods and human world of ancient Greece and Rome have inherited from their descendants to this day in two evenings of lectures in the VHS.

Even Pullach plays an important role in this.

The plagues are as old as the human race.

Apollo's son Asklepios took care of them as well as all other diseases and infirmities.

Under his patronage, large ancient spa centers and sanatoriums were built on Kos and Epidaurus.

Archaeologist from Pullach

The student Rudolf Herzog read Greek texts about it at the end of the 19th century and had big plans.

He wants to go to Kos and dig up the Asklepios sanctuary.

Marion Giebel: "Just as Heinrich Schliemann pursued his dream of digging up Troy, Rudolf Herzog stuck to his plan, which he, wisely assessing the difficulties, called his 'romantic plan'." At that time, the island still belonged to the Ottoman Empire, which is why the Imperial German Embassy wrote a letter of recommendation to the Sublime Porte of Istanbul.

Once the funds have been approved, nothing stands in the way of the company.

A little later, the archaeologist discovers the foundation of a temple.

He continues digging, and south-west of the city of Kos he succeeds in making a big hit: an inscription comes to light that proves

that this must have been the site of the Asklepios sanctuary.

The complex can be reconstructed from the finds.

Journey to Epidaurus

Herzog also traveled to Epidaurus in the Peloponnese and studied the cult tradition of the place.

In the museum you can see the remains of the temple, stone lily blossoms that seem to open when you look at them for a long time: This is how people seeking healing have to open up, as Marion Giebel describes it as an "awakening experience".

Abundance of votive offerings

In Epidauros there was also an abundance of votive offerings: replicas of arms and legs, eyes and ears, donated to God by grateful healed people.

As the classical philologist describes, in view of these votives, Rudolf Herzog remembers Christian places of pilgrimage where such things can also be seen, such as in Altötting.

The senses should be stimulated, that was obviously part of the healing plan in Epidauros.

Spa and culture, as is still considered important today: statues of great artists were erected, such as Aphrodite entering the bath, dramas were performed, as is still the case today in the famous theater of Epidaurus.

Herzog refers to this in his summary: "It seems to me that the scientific and practical medicine of the 20th century is on the way to returning to this synthesis of the Greeks, in the knowledge that

Scientific work in Pullach

In 1936 he retired to near Munich, to Pullach-Großhesselohe, where a small colony of villas was being built at the time.

Here he dedicates himself to scientific work.

Unfortunately, a worsening illness soon made it impossible for him to continue working.

Rudolf Herzog died on March 11, 1953 and was buried in the Pullach cemetery.

In her new, previously unpublished book "The Antiquity in the Annual Circle" Marion Giebel goes into the successful adventure of the archaeologist.

September is dedicated to “the plane tree of Kos”.

Hippocrates is said to have sat under her and taught his students.

Socrates' last wish

In her lecture, however, Alexander the Great, Cato the Elder and many other celebrities who meet the students in Latin and Greek classes are also discussed.

After all, medicine affects everyone.

Like Socrates, who described the patron saint of medicine, Asklepios, as a healer and savior.

He is not only responsible for diseases, but a companion of life.

The last words of the great philosopher apply to Asklepios, to whom his friend Crito is supposed to sacrifice a rooster.

This sentence may seem a bit puzzling to some lecturers, but Marion Giebel has an exhaustive answer: "He has now completed his life's journey, in harmony with himself, and he wanted to thank Asklepios for that." The thanks of the audience also went to Dr.

peter grey,

Rudolf Herzog's tomb in the Pullach cemetery.

© Gregor Giebel

In her lively lecture in the community center, the spiritual world of antiquity blossoms, and Marion Giebel gives the audience a lively impression of the healing methods of antiquity.

© Marc Write

Source: merkur

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