volume 8

SLEEP

edited by Thomas Wiedemann and Ken Dowden, febbraio 2003, pp. 178, € 35,00

Contents: List of illustration - Notes on contributoers - Preface - Introduction (Thomas Wiedemann) - 1. The Psychology of Sleep, Jacob Empson - 2. Aristotle on Cognition in Sleep, Philip van der Eijk - 3. Philo of Alexandria on Sleep, Sofia Tarallas Tovar - 4. Sextus on Heraclitus on Sleep, Roberto Polito - 5. Brother, Son, Friend, and Healer: Sleep the God, Emma Stafford - 6. Lullaby for an Eagle (Pindar, Pythian 1), Andrew Barker - 7. The Roman Siesta, Thomas Wiedemann - 8. The Value of Sleep: Homer, Plinies, Posidonius & Proclus, Ken Dowden - Bibliography - Index fontium - Index nominum et rerum.

ISBN 88-7949-298-5