The Interpretation of Dreams in book IV of hippocratic treatise De victu

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https://doi.org/10.25187/codex.v4i2.4286

Keywords:

Hippocratic Corpus, Diet, Dreams, Apomímesis

Abstract

This paper presents an original translation into Portuguese of that which could be considered the first book of dreams: book IV of hippocratic treatise De victu. Following the translation, some considerations on the book composition and chapters, emphasizing some key concepts that guide the translation hereby presented. Dream interpretation on this treatise can be understood as a method of body knowledge. Body disorders are mapped, coded and decoded into images that respond to a micro-macrocosmic relation, defined by the treatise author as an apomímesis toû hólou. Dream imagery in this treatise configurates a specific semantic field of the iatrikè tékhne, differenciating itself from others tékhnai that also make use of dreams.

Author Biography

Julieta Alsina, Professora substituta de Língua e Literatura Grega da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Bacharel em Letras (Português-Grego) pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro e Mestre em Letras Clássicas também pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Doutora em Letras Clássicas pela Universidade de São Paulo. Pesquisadora do PROAERA (Programa de Estudos em Representações da Antiguidade). Trabalha com Corpus hippocraticum e História da Medicina antiga.

Published

2016-12-16

How to Cite

Alsina, J. (2016). The Interpretation of Dreams in book IV of hippocratic treatise De victu. CODEX - Revista De Estudos Clássicos, 4(2), 21–52. https://doi.org/10.25187/codex.v4i2.4286

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