Abstract Aelian offers a curious example of how comedy was tied to religion during the Second Sophistic. He describes votive relief dedicated by Old Comic poet Theopompus Asclepius, which he interprets as symbol genre (Theopomp. Com. test. 2 PCG = Ael. fr. 102 Domingo-Forasté). My article situates this passage within style and purpose Aelian’s miscellanies, in order explore transforms it into l...

The social sciences have long recognized a relationship between religion and ecology. Upon closer inspection, religious systems not only correspond to important features of society’s ecology, but also appear directly address these features. In this article, we examine the prospect that salient may be framed as game theoretical dilemmas argue contemporary approaches emphasize cognition and/or le...

There is belief in South Indian villages that epidemics are due to evil spirits surrounding the villages. The propitiating of Gods and Goddesses to get rid of diseases in these villages are discussed. The Christian and Muslin traditions to cure the diseases by practising religion are also discussed.