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Sleep and dreams in early Greek thought : presocratic and hippocratic approaches / Stephanie Holton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holton, Stephanie, author.
- Series:
- Medicine and the Body in Antiquity
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sleep.
- Dreams.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2022]
- Summary:
- This book examines how sleep and dreams were approached in early Greek thought, highlighting the theories of the Presocratic and Hippocratic writers on both phenomena as more varied, complex and substantial than is usually credited.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Sleep and Dreams in Context
- 2 Sleep, Dreams, and Heraclitus
- 3 Sleep, Dreams, and the Body
- 4 Sleep, Dreams, and the Soul
- 5 Interpretation of Dreams
- 6 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-429-55919-4
- 0-429-26416-X
- 9780429264160
- OCLC:
- 1293252227
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