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Pericles tirano. Aproximación a la gestión de la crisis sanitaria durante la epidemia de Atenas (430-426 a.C.)

César Sierra Martín

Abstract


Abstract

Tyrant Pericles. Approach to the management of the health crisis during the plague of Athens (430-426 BC)

The aim of this paper is to analyse the political and religious consequences of the Athenian plague of 430 BC. Regarding the political aspects, the work is focused on the popular judgement on the epidemic’s management and the consequent Pericles’ loss of political prestige. Moreover, the paper concludes that this popular response leads to the adoption of religious measures such as the introduction in Athens of Asclepius’ cult (421 BC). The facts mentioned above provide an alternative point of view of Thucydides’ epidemic main account.


Keywords


Asclepio; Edipo; epidemia de Atenas; Pericles; Sófocles – Asclepius; Athenian plague; Oedipus; Pericles; Sophocles

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