title: Autumn Dreams: Servius on Aen. 6, 282–284
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metadata.value: Kazanskaya, Maria N.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-01-30T14:44:02Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-01-30T14:44:02Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2017-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Kazanskaya M. N. Autumn Dreams: Servius on Aen. 6, 282–284. Philologia Classica 2017, 12(2), 142–153.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu20.2017.204
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/9020
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The paper examines an ancient superstition evoked in Servius’ commentary (Serv. ad Aen. 6, 284);
  Servius mentions that, according to a certain authority on dreams, visions seen in the autumn months are
  particularly untrustworthy. The first part of the article reviews other references to this popular belief (Plut.
  Quaest. conv. 8, 10, 734d–736b; Alciphr. Ep. 2, 2; Basil. Ep. 207, 1). The second part attempts to reconstruct
  the reasoning of the authority that Servius had used (qui de somniis scripserunt) and at the same time to
  distinguish Servius’ own view on the matter. It is shown that, although the remark on the unreliability of
  autumn dreams in itself is of little pertinence to the understanding of Virgil’s text, it is part of a larger, fairly
  elaborate exegetical tradition that sought to establish a connection between Aen. 6, 282–284 and 6, 893–898.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 12; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Virgil
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Servius
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: gates of dreams
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: ancient superstitions
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Plutarch
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Alciphron
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: St. Basil
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Aristotle on dreams
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Democritus on dreams
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Autumn Dreams: Servius on Aen. 6, 282–284
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metadata.value: Article
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