Ancient Science and Dreams

Oneirology in Greco-Roman Antiquity

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Ancient Science and Dreams

Oneirology in Greco-Roman Antiquity

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In Ancient Science and Dreams, M. Andrew Holowchak analyzes the ancient notion of science of dreams throughout Greco-Roman antiquity, from the Classical Greece in the fifth century B.C. to the Roman Republic in the fourth century A.D. Holowchak investigates psycho-physiological accounts, interpretation of prophetic dreams, and the use of dreams in secular and non-secular medicine. Culling from some of the fullest and most important accounts of dreams and ordering the presentation in each section chronologically, the author analyzes the extent to which empirical and non-empirical factors guided ancient accounts in Greco-Roman antiquity.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 List of Figures
Chapter 2 List of Abbreviations for Greek and Latin Works
Chapter 3 Preface
Chapter 4 Acknowledgements
Chapter 5 Introduction
Chapter 6 Naturalistic Oneirology:
Chapter 7 Introduction
Chapter 8 Teleological Naturalism in Plato's Timaeus
Chapter 9 Aristotle's Oneirological Materialism
Chapter 10 Lucretius' Ivory-White "Images" of Night
Chapter 11 Oneirocriticism:
Chapter 12 Introduction
Chapter 13 Stoic Oneiromancy in Cicero's de Divinatione
Chapter 14 Artemidorus' Onirocritica
Chapter 15 Synesius' Mantic Science in On Dreams
Chapter 16 Oneirology and Ancient Medicine:
Chapter 17 Introduction
Chapter 18 Diagnostic Dreams in Hippocratic Medicine
Chapter 19 Dreams in Early Roman Secular Medicine
Chapter 20 Healing Dreams in Religious Incubation
Chapter 21 Appendix A: Key Figures/Works in Greco-Roman Oneirology
Chapter 22 Appendix B: Galen's On Diagnosis from Dreams
Chapter 23 Appendix C: Secular Medicine and Religious Incubation
Chapter 24 Bibliography
Chapter 25 Index

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Published Dec 18 2001
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 210
ISBN 9780761821571
Imprint University Press of America
Dimensions 215 x 137 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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