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Bastienne Klein

Bastienne Klein is a PhD student in mythology at the University of Cape Town. Her study concerns ancient Greek Healing cults. In 2019, she made a pilgrimage to Greece to visit twelve ancient healing temples.

Posted inHealth

We can learn from the Ancient Greeks about healing and health

by Bastienne Klein 29 June 202129 June 2021

Hygieia and Asklepios were the gods of dream healing cults that rose in about 500 BCE during the Plague of Athens

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