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Author:   M. Andrew Holowchak
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   University Press of America
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.281kg
ISBN:  

9780761821571

ISBN 10:   0761821570
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   18 December 2001
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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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It provides a quite detailed introduction to the more important dream texts. . . > * Bryn Mawr Classical Review * It provides a quite detailed introduction to the more important dream texts. . . * Bryn Mawr Classical Review *

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M. Andrew Holowchak is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Ohio University.

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