Pharmakon [electronic resource] : Plato, drug culture, and identity in ancient Athens / Michael A. Rinella.

By: Rinella, Michael A. (Michael Anthony)Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010Description: xxix, 325 pISBN: 9781461634010 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Plato | Plato. Symposium | Drug abuse -- Greece | Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.CGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 184 LOC classification: B395 | .R56 2010Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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