An Ancient Dream Manual

Accompanying the new translation of Artemidorus' The Interpretation of Dreams in the Oxford World's Classics series, this volume aims to provide the non-specialist reader with a readable and engaging road-map to this vast and complex text and to the theory and practice of dream-interpretation in antiquity. Frontmatter; List of Illustrations; Maps; 1 The Snake and the Whale; 2 Artemidorus and the Oneirocritica; 3 How to Interpret a Dream; 4 The Body; 5 Sexuality and Gender; 6 The Natural World; 7 Cities of Dreams; 8 Books and Literary Culture; 9 The Gods; 10 Festivals and Games; 11 Status and Values; 12 An Invisible Empire; Epilogue: Artemidorus after Antiquity; Endmatter; Further Reading; Index

An aparitie	16-01-20
Autor	Thonemann, Peter
Dimensiuni	216x138 mm
Editura	Oxford
Format	Hardback
ISBN	9780198843825
Limba	Engleza
Nr pag	256