The Interpretation of Dreams Audiobook Libro.fm

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Dating from the third century AD Artemidorus The Interpretation of Dreams Oneirocritica is the only dreambook from GraecoRoman antiquity that has survived intact It represents the most influential pre Freudian treatment of dreams and the theory of their interpretation In the ancient world it was widely believed that some dreams had allegorical significance that if correctly interpreted offered insight into the future Artemidorus makes a clear distinction between predictive and nonpredictive dreams setting out the general principle of interpretation
Oneirocritica surveys over 1400 dreamelements their allegorical significance and their actual or predicted outcomes It has additional appeal as a social history presenting a rich picture of the Graeco Roman mind social and moral values sexual norms and the hopes and fears of ordinary people in a busy Greek city