The Dreaming Vol 1 25

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"My Year As a Man"
Cover
The Dreaming Vol 1 #25
June, 1998
Cover Artists	Dave McKean
My Year As a Man
Writers	Peter Hogan
Pencilers	Chris Weston
Inkers	Chris Weston
Colorists	Daniel Vozzo
Letterers	Todd Klein
Previous Issue	The Dreaming # 24
Next Issue	The Dreaming # 26

The truth is, he was a much better raven than he was a man.

— Lucien

The Dreaming #25 is an issue of the series The Dreaming (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1998.

Appearing in "My Year As a Man"

Featured Characters:

• Aristeas the Raven (Aristeas of Marmora) (First full appearance) (Flashback only) (Also as a human) (Narrator)

Supporting Characters:

• Abel
• Chiron (Flashback only)
  • Solon (First appearance) (Flashback only)
• Dream/Oneiros (Morpheus) (Flashback only)
• Eve/"Pandora" (Flashback only)
• Lucien
• Matthew the Raven (Cameo)

Antagonists:

• Poseidon (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Thessalian Witches (First full appearance) (Flashback only)
  • Byrrhaena (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
  • Hypata (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
  • Trikala (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
• Unnamed Thessalian bandits (Single appearance) (Flashback only)

Other Characters:

• Arimaspians (First appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Cain
• Gods of Olympus
  • Aeolus (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Gregory the Gargoyle
• The Gryphons of Arimaspia (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• The Ship's Captain (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
• Werewolves (In picture only) (Cameo)
• Achilles (Mentioned only)
• Apollo (Mentioned only)
• Aristeas' parents (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Asclepius (Mentioned only)
• Centaurs (Mentioned only)
• Goldie the Gargoyle (Mentioned only)
• The Guardian Gryphon (Mentioned only)
• Hecate (Mentioned only)
• Issedonians (Mentioned only)
• Jason (Mentioned only)
• Orpheus (Mentioned only)
• Ravens of the Dreaming (Mentioned only)
• Spirits (Mentioned only)
• Zeus (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Arimaspia (First appearance) (Flashback only)
• The Dreaming
  • House of Mystery
  • Palace of Dreams (Flashback and main story)
    • Library of Dreams
• Waking World
  • 7th Century BCE
    • Earth
      • Anatolia
        • Marmora (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
          • Aristeas' House (Single appearance) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
        • Cyzicus (Mentioned only)
      • Africa (Flashback only) (Cameo)
      • Greece
        • Thessaly (Flashback only)
          • Mount Pelion
            • Chiron's Cave (Flashback only)
      • Mediterranean Sea (Flashback only)
      • Oenotria
        • Metapontion (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
          • The Marketplace (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
          • Altar of Apollo (Mentioned only)
    • The Moon (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • 1st Century BCE
    • Alexandria (Mentioned only)
      • Library of Alexandria (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
  • 1998
    • England
      • London (Mentioned only)

Items:

• "Arimaspeia" (Mentioned only)
• Eve's Rose Petals (Flashback only)
• "My Year as a Man" (Single appearance)
• Statue of Aristeas (Mentioned only)
• Trident of Poseidon (Flashback only) (Cameo)

Vehicles:

• Aristeas' Ship (Flashback only) (Destroyed)

Concepts:

• Magic
  

Notes

• This story takes place a few hours after the epilogue of the previous issue.

Trivia

• Morpheus being referred to as "Apollo" in this story is a nod to the real myth of Aristeas who, according to the legend, became a raven and journeyed with Apollo to Metapontum.
• The magical land of Arimaspia was first mentioned in Sandman (Volume 2) #71.
• The "Dreamtimes" newspaper is a pun on The Times.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the The Dreaming series

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