Artemidorus’s Oneirocritica
- Date of account
- 2nd century CE
- Location
- Greek-speaking Roman Empire
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Artemidorus’s Oneirocritica is a substantial ancient handbook classifying and interpreting reported dreams, including bodily transformations, travel, social encounters, omens, and apparent contact with the dead. It can help researchers compare historical assumptions about dream authority, symbolic decoding, and the boundary between ordinary dreaming and extraordinary experience. The work is not a transcript of controlled observations and often relies on anecdote, occupational context, and traditional symbolism. Its transmission, manuscript variants, and modern translation choices are important when extracting individual examples.
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