Feb 19
Telesphor visits the dream of Aristides the Rhetor, under the guise of a child who prances around with the cheerfulness of his youth: he appeared ... dancing about the nape of my neck. Marinus, in the Life of Proclus, recounts how Telesphor appeared to the philosopher under the appearance of a child in every way youthful and pleasant to look at, a youth perfectly lovely to behold. And it is this loveable young lad that modern erudition has wanted to make into a sickly baby! In 1892, M. Julius Ziehen suggested seeing in Telesphor the spirit of healing dreams, and to consider his costume a sort of garment fit for the night.
Salomon Reinach, TÉLESPHORE
Telesphor and Aesculapius; Museum of Carthage (left), Louvre (right)
