Dreams in Late Antiquity
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: December 22, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780691058351
Subjects: Cultural studies; Mind, body, spirit: dreams & their interpretation; Social history; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; History - General History; Ancient Philosophy; Dreams; Philosophy; Ancient - General; Anthropology - Cultural; Psychology of Religion; Classics; History / Ancient / General; Mind, Body, Spirit; Religion; General; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
First sentence: TRADITION has it that Socrates dreamed on the night before he met Plato that a young swan settled in his lap and, developing at once into a fullfledged bird, it flew forth into the open sky uttering a song that charmed all hearers.