[1654] See article "Asklepios" in Roscher's Lexikon.
[1655] See the description in Pater's Marius the Epicurean.
[1656] A god might send a dream to a seer for the benefit of some other person. So Ishtar spoke to Assurbanipal through the dream of a seer (George Smith, History of Assurbanipal, p. 123 f.).
[1657] Jastrow, Religion Babyloniens und Assyriens; Dan. ii, 2 ff.; Deut. xiii, 1; Gardner and Jevons, Greek Antiquities, p. 258; Aust, Religion der Römer, Index, s.v. Traum, Traumdeutung; Roscher, Lexikon, article "Oneiros."
[1658] So it was in the case of magicians and prophets generally; cf. Ezek. xxxix, 21; Isa. xiiii, 9.
[1659] Jastrow, Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, p. 404, and German ed., ii, Index.
[1660] Dream-books exist at the present day. Those who believe in the predictive power of dreams regard them as messages from God or as products of telepathy.
[1661] The Nandi invoke a skull as divine witness (Hollis, The Nandi, p. 76 f.).
[1662] Ellis, Tshi chap. xviii.
[1663] Apparently because he is thus shown to be unsupported by any evil spirit.