The Interpretation of Dreams - Artemidorus
Oxford World’s Classics/377 pgs
Good condition
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The only dream-book which has been preserved from classical antiquity
Provides an engaging introduction to the history of dreams and dream-interpretation in Greco-Roman antiquity
Explanatory Notes elucidate meaning, allusions, and Artemidorus' arguments
In the post-Freudian age we once again see dreams as potentially significant, but now as revelations of the psyche rather than the future: for the ancients, and Artemidorus, their presumed significance was mainly predictive, and sometimes prescriptive
Oxford World’s Classics/377 pgs
Good condition
______________________________________
The only dream-book which has been preserved from classical antiquity
Provides an engaging introduction to the history of dreams and dream-interpretation in Greco-Roman antiquity
Explanatory Notes elucidate meaning, allusions, and Artemidorus' arguments
In the post-Freudian age we once again see dreams as potentially significant, but now as revelations of the psyche rather than the future: for the ancients, and Artemidorus, their presumed significance was mainly predictive, and sometimes prescriptive