HUM 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Miasma Theory, Ritual Purification
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Numberless wonders, terrible wonders walk the earth, but none the match. Greek medicine cats aside traditional belief, in exchange for empirical observation, no such thing as sacred disease. Misma stays with one person until a formal ritual cleansing is performed (ritual purification). Until the purification, the person is regarded as dangerous. In fear of contracting miasma, needs to avoid. Misame is traced back to the divine god, highly religious. In certain context, miasam falls into the guild category. Means epidemic, disease, illness, nosos can be sent from the god, nosos does not imply committing a bad act. Wind: miasma carried around wind (associated with infection), and not related to religious defilement. The sacred disease: miasma is brought in as object as radicule. 109 11: apollo"s command: drive the corruption (miasma) from the land miasma is the order of the king. 275 77: oedipus"s command oedipus is issuing orders. Miasma brought in by murderer of the king.
