Pharmakon Plato, drug culture, and identity in ancient Athens /

Rinella, Michael A.

Pharmakon Plato, drug culture, and identity in ancient Athens / [electronic resource] : Michael A. Rinella. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010. - xxix, 325 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-309) and indexes.

Wine and the symposion -- The symposion and the question of stasis -- Plato's reformulation of the symposion -- Drugs, epic poetry, and religion -- Socrates accused -- Socrates rehabilitated -- Medicine, drugs, and somatic regimen -- Magic, drugs, and noetic regimen -- Speech, drugs, and discursive regimen -- Philosophy's pharmacy.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781461634010 (electronic bk.)




Plato.
Plato. Symposium.


Drug abuse--Greece.


Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.


Electronic books.

B395 / .R56 2010

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