In the second century AD, Artemidorus authored a lengthy treatise on interpreting these events, and Aelius Aristides kept a decades-long record of them in The Sacred Tales.
In the second century AD, Artemidorus authored a lengthy treatise on interpreting these events, and Aelius Aristides kept a decades-long record of them in The Sacred Tales. Sick devotees of Asclepius hoped to experience events of this sort at the Epidaurus sanctuary, a practice called incubation. A pregnant Hecuba saw a flaming torch during one of these events, leading to the exposure of her newborn son Paris on Mount Ida. A passage in the Odyssey describes how these phenomena can be true or false depending on whether they come from gates of horn or ivory. The dark-winged Oneiroi were responsible for these events. For 10 points, identify these phenomena presided over by the god Morpheus, the son of the god of sleep.
In the second century AD, Artemidorus authored a lengthy treatise on interpreting these events, and Aelius Aristides kept a decades-long record of them in The Sacred Tales.
dreams [prompt on sleeping until it is read; prompt on visions, omens, prophecies, or similar answers]