STEVEN M OBERHELMAN
Biographic Data
| ID | 5532700 |
|---|---|
| NAME | STEVEN M OBERHELMAN |
| GIVEN NAMES | STEVEN M |
| FAMILY NAME | OBERHELMAN |
| SIGNATURE | OBERHELMAN S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Arts and Humanities Degree
In this paper, I address the misconception that an Arts and Humanities degree is not applicable to the modern workforce. I will discuss how the degree sets up a graduate for a very large number of jobs that carry good wages and benefits. The Arts and Humanities student acquires skills in critical thinking, creative and innovative problem-solving, proficiency in oral and written communication, multi- and intercultural sensitivity, ethical training…
Scribonius Largus
Scribonius Largus ( fl . mid‐first century ce ) was a physician who practiced at the court of the emperor Claudius. He was the author of the Compositiones medicamentorum , a compendium of medical recipes marked by polypharmacy
Dream interpretation
Dream interpretation (oneirocriticism), a practice with roots in Pharaonic Egypt and Old Babylonian and Assyrian culture, was common throughout the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods. Dreams had many causes (naturalistic or supernatural) and could signify nothing other than the dreamer's mental or physical condition, or be prognosticative of the future. If a dream was a vision or epiphany, no interpretation was usually needed. Many dreams were s…
Aesculapius
Aesculapius is the Roman name for the Greek healing god Asklepios. After three years of plague, in 293 bce the Sibylline Books were consulted; it was determined that the plague would cease only when Asklepios was brought from Epidauros. Aesculapius’ cult, which centered on healing, primarily through dreams, was both public and private in Rome. It was not as important in other Italian cities, where local gods retained the power to heal, although i…
Melampus
Melampus was reputedly the first mortal to practice medicine through incantations and remedies based on animal and mineral substances. He was also the first to master all the arts of divination (portents, inspection of sacrificial victims, and inspiration). Melampus was said to introduce many cults into Greece, including the worship of Dionysus and of Demeter. Melampus’ descendants became a line of seers and prophets.
Demokedes of Kroton
Demokedes of Kroton ( fl . sixth century bce ) was a famous physician, whose life, if Herodotos’ accounts can be trusted (3.125–37), yields valuable information on early doctors in the Greek world, especially at the Persian royal court.
Paul of Aigina
Paul of Aigina ( fl . seventh century ce ) was an important physician of the Byzantine period who wrote a compendium dealing with illness, surgery, and pharmacology. His medical handbook was intended to serve as an encyclopedic record of major ancient and early Byzantine Greek doctors and herbalists. Paul's work, through Syriac and Arabic translations, greatly influenced Islamic medicine and the development of Western medicine.
Aesculapius
Aesculapius is the Roman name for the Greek healing god Asklepios. Like his father Apollo, who was introduced as Apollo Medicus into Rome after a plague in 433 BCE , Aesculapius arrived in Rome during a time of extended pestilence. After three years of plague, in 293 BCE the Sibylline Books were consulted; it was determined that the plague would cease only when Asklepios was brought from Epidauros.
Demokedes of Kroton
Demokedes of Kroton ( fl . sixth century BCE ) was a famous physician, whose life, if we can trust Herodotus account (3.125–37), yields valuable information on early doctors in the Greek world.
Largus, Scribonius
Scribonius Largus ( fl . mid‐first century CE ), a physician who practiced at the court of the emperor Claudius, was the author of the Compositiones , a compendium of pharmacological therapeutics dedicated to the imperial freedman C.
Melampus
Melampus was a Greek mythological doctor and diviner/priest. He was reputed to be the first mortal to practice medicine, relying on incantations and cures based on animal and mineral substances.
Paul of Aigina
Paul of Aigina (fl. seventh century CE ) was an important physician of the Byzantine period, who wrote an encyclopedic work dealing with illness, surgery, and pharmacology.
Dream interpretation
Dream interpretation (oneirocriticism), a practice evidenced by Pharaonic and Demotic Egyptian, Old Babylonian, and Assyrian dreambooks, was prevalent throughout Greek, Roman, and Byzantine culture. Oneirocriticism was a private form of divination that individuals used to uncover answers about the present and future (the past was never a concern).
S erenus S ammonicus, Q uintus
Quintus Serenus Sammonicus (d. 211 CE ) was a Roman antiquarian and writer of an important medical pharmacopoeia, Liber medicinalis .
A Byzantine Book on Dream Interpretation
Epic and Epoch
On the Chronology and Pneumatism of Aretaios of Cappadocia
The History and Development of the Cursus Mixtus in Latin Literature
In 1984 and 1985 Ralph Hall and I presented statistical methodologies, based on inductive statistics and the comparative method, to determine the rhythmical qualities of Latin prose from the third to early sixth century A.D. We continued our work with the publication of articles on the final clausulae in the legal codes and Augustine's letters and on rhythms in internal positions, while I produced studies of the clausulae in the Pseudo-Sallustian…
The Provenance of the Style of Ammianus Marcellinus
Internal clausulae in Late Latin Prose as Evidence for the Displacement of Metre by Word-Stress
In several recent studies we have developed precise statistical methodologies which have demonstrated that the cursus mixtus was the dominant rhythmical system for final clausulae in Latin prose from the third century a.d. to the fifth. The cursus mixtus consisted of four standard metrical forms derived from the richer variety of Cicero's Asiatic tradition – cretic-spondee, dicretic, cretic-tribrach and ditrochee –, which were structured accordin…
Rhythmical clausulae in the Codex Theodosianus and the Leges Novellae Ad Theodosianum Pertinentes
In two recent studies we have examined the prose rhythms in the clausulae of late imperial Latin authors. We found two clausular systems to be prevalent, the cursus and the cursus mixtus . The cursus involves the use of accentual rhythms and consists of three basic cadences: planus, tardus , and velox . The cursus mixtus has been defined by modern scholars as a type of prose rhythm in which the clausula is structured along both accentual and metr…
Galen, On Diagnosis from Dreams
Journal Article Galen, On Diagnosis from Dreams Get access STEVEN M. OBERHELMAN STEVEN M. OBERHELMAN Department of Classics Case Western Reserve University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 1983, Pages 36–47, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/38.1.36 Published: 01 January 1983
The Interpretation of Prescriptive Dreams in Ancient Greek Medicine
Rhythmical clausulae in the Codex Theodosianus and the Leges Novellae Ad Theodosianum Pertinentes
In two recent studies we have examined the prose rhythms in the clausulae of late imperial Latin authors. We found two clausular systems to be prevalent, the cursus and the cursus mixtus . The cursus involves the use of accentual rhythms and consists of three basic cadences: planus, tardus , and velox . The cursus mixtus has been defined by modern scholars as a type of prose rhythm in which the clausula is structured along both accentual and metr…
Galen, On Diagnosis from Dreams
Journal Article Galen, On Diagnosis from Dreams Get access STEVEN M. OBERHELMAN STEVEN M. OBERHELMAN Department of Classics Case Western Reserve University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 1983, Pages 36–47, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/38.1.36 Published: 01 January 1983
The History and Development of the Cursus Mixtus in Latin Literature
In 1984 and 1985 Ralph Hall and I presented statistical methodologies, based on inductive statistics and the comparative method, to determine the rhythmical qualities of Latin prose from the third to early sixth century A.D. We continued our work with the publication of articles on the final clausulae in the legal codes and Augustine's letters and on rhythms in internal positions, while I produced studies of the clausulae in the Pseudo-Sallustian…
Internal clausulae in Late Latin Prose as Evidence for the Displacement of Metre by Word-Stress
In several recent studies we have developed precise statistical methodologies which have demonstrated that the cursus mixtus was the dominant rhythmical system for final clausulae in Latin prose from the third century a.d. to the fifth. The cursus mixtus consisted of four standard metrical forms derived from the richer variety of Cicero's Asiatic tradition – cretic-spondee, dicretic, cretic-tribrach and ditrochee –, which were structured accordin…
The Interpretation of Prescriptive Dreams in Ancient Greek Medicine
Galen, On Diagnosis from Dreams
Journal Article Galen, On Diagnosis from Dreams Get access STEVEN M. OBERHELMAN STEVEN M. OBERHELMAN Department of Classics Case Western Reserve University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 1983, Pages 36–47, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/38.1.36 Published: 01 January 1983
Rhythmical clausulae in the Codex Theodosianus and the Leges Novellae Ad Theodosianum Pertinentes
In two recent studies we have examined the prose rhythms in the clausulae of late imperial Latin authors. We found two clausular systems to be prevalent, the cursus and the cursus mixtus . The cursus involves the use of accentual rhythms and consists of three basic cadences: planus, tardus , and velox . The cursus mixtus has been defined by modern scholars as a type of prose rhythm in which the clausula is structured along both accentual and metr…
Internal clausulae in Late Latin Prose as Evidence for the Displacement of Metre by Word-Stress
In several recent studies we have developed precise statistical methodologies which have demonstrated that the cursus mixtus was the dominant rhythmical system for final clausulae in Latin prose from the third century a.d. to the fifth. The cursus mixtus consisted of four standard metrical forms derived from the richer variety of Cicero's Asiatic tradition – cretic-spondee, dicretic, cretic-tribrach and ditrochee –, which were structured accordin…
The Provenance of the Style of Ammianus Marcellinus
The History and Development of the Cursus Mixtus in Latin Literature
In 1984 and 1985 Ralph Hall and I presented statistical methodologies, based on inductive statistics and the comparative method, to determine the rhythmical qualities of Latin prose from the third to early sixth century A.D. We continued our work with the publication of articles on the final clausulae in the legal codes and Augustine's letters and on rhythms in internal positions, while I produced studies of the clausulae in the Pseudo-Sallustian…
On the Chronology and Pneumatism of Aretaios of Cappadocia
Epic and Epoch
A Byzantine Book on Dream Interpretation
Aesculapius
Aesculapius is the Roman name for the Greek healing god Asklepios. Like his father Apollo, who was introduced as Apollo Medicus into Rome after a plague in 433 BCE , Aesculapius arrived in Rome during a time of extended pestilence. After three years of plague, in 293 BCE the Sibylline Books were consulted; it was determined that the plague would cease only when Asklepios was brought from Epidauros.
Demokedes of Kroton
Demokedes of Kroton ( fl . sixth century BCE ) was a famous physician, whose life, if we can trust Herodotus account (3.125–37), yields valuable information on early doctors in the Greek world.
Largus, Scribonius
Scribonius Largus ( fl . mid‐first century CE ), a physician who practiced at the court of the emperor Claudius, was the author of the Compositiones , a compendium of pharmacological therapeutics dedicated to the imperial freedman C.
Melampus
Melampus was a Greek mythological doctor and diviner/priest. He was reputed to be the first mortal to practice medicine, relying on incantations and cures based on animal and mineral substances.
Paul of Aigina
Paul of Aigina (fl. seventh century CE ) was an important physician of the Byzantine period, who wrote an encyclopedic work dealing with illness, surgery, and pharmacology.
Dream interpretation
Dream interpretation (oneirocriticism), a practice evidenced by Pharaonic and Demotic Egyptian, Old Babylonian, and Assyrian dreambooks, was prevalent throughout Greek, Roman, and Byzantine culture. Oneirocriticism was a private form of divination that individuals used to uncover answers about the present and future (the past was never a concern).
S erenus S ammonicus, Q uintus
Quintus Serenus Sammonicus (d. 211 CE ) was a Roman antiquarian and writer of an important medical pharmacopoeia, Liber medicinalis .
Scribonius Largus
Scribonius Largus ( fl . mid‐first century ce ) was a physician who practiced at the court of the emperor Claudius. He was the author of the Compositiones medicamentorum , a compendium of medical recipes marked by polypharmacy
Dream interpretation
Dream interpretation (oneirocriticism), a practice with roots in Pharaonic Egypt and Old Babylonian and Assyrian culture, was common throughout the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods. Dreams had many causes (naturalistic or supernatural) and could signify nothing other than the dreamer's mental or physical condition, or be prognosticative of the future. If a dream was a vision or epiphany, no interpretation was usually needed. Many dreams were s…
Aesculapius
Aesculapius is the Roman name for the Greek healing god Asklepios. After three years of plague, in 293 bce the Sibylline Books were consulted; it was determined that the plague would cease only when Asklepios was brought from Epidauros. Aesculapius’ cult, which centered on healing, primarily through dreams, was both public and private in Rome. It was not as important in other Italian cities, where local gods retained the power to heal, although i…
Melampus
Melampus was reputedly the first mortal to practice medicine through incantations and remedies based on animal and mineral substances. He was also the first to master all the arts of divination (portents, inspection of sacrificial victims, and inspiration). Melampus was said to introduce many cults into Greece, including the worship of Dionysus and of Demeter. Melampus’ descendants became a line of seers and prophets.
Demokedes of Kroton
Demokedes of Kroton ( fl . sixth century bce ) was a famous physician, whose life, if Herodotos’ accounts can be trusted (3.125–37), yields valuable information on early doctors in the Greek world, especially at the Persian royal court.
Paul of Aigina
Paul of Aigina ( fl . seventh century ce ) was an important physician of the Byzantine period who wrote a compendium dealing with illness, surgery, and pharmacology. His medical handbook was intended to serve as an encyclopedic record of major ancient and early Byzantine Greek doctors and herbalists. Paul's work, through Syriac and Arabic translations, greatly influenced Islamic medicine and the development of Western medicine.
The Arts and Humanities Degree
In this paper, I address the misconception that an Arts and Humanities degree is not applicable to the modern workforce. I will discuss how the degree sets up a graduate for a very large number of jobs that carry good wages and benefits. The Arts and Humanities student acquires skills in critical thinking, creative and innovative problem-solving, proficiency in oral and written communication, multi- and intercultural sensitivity, ethical training…
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