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Ancient science and dreams : oneirology in Greco-Roman antiquity
Author
Title
Ancient science and dreams : oneirology in Greco-Roman antiquity / M. Andrew Holowchak.
ISBN
9780761821571
0761821570
Published
Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©2002.
Physical Description
xxi, 187 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Other formats
Online version: Holowchak, Mark, 1958- Ancient science and dreams. Lanham, MD : University Press of America, ©2002
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 16, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-181) and index.
Contents
Science: Yesterday and Today
Naturalistic Oneirology
Teleological Naturalism in Plato's Timaeus
Aristotle's Oneirological Materialism
Lucretius' Ivory-White "Images" of Night
Oneirocriticism
Stoic Oneiromancy in Cicero's de Divinatione
Artemidorus' Onirocritica
Synesius' Mantic Science in On Dreams
Oneirology and Ancient Medicine
Diagnostic Dreams in Hippocratic Medicine
Dreams in Early Roman Secular Medicine
Healing Dreams in Religious Incubation
Key Figures/Works in Greco-Roman Oneirology
Galen's On Diagnosis from Dreams
Secular Medicine and Religious Incubation.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Greek World - history.
Roman World - history.
Genre/Form
History.
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