Classical dreaming
The Interpretation of Dreams
Artemidorus, ed. Peter Thonemann & Martin Hammond
Oxford Universirty Press 2020
Pb, 416pp, £10.99, ISBN 9780198797951
An Ancient Dream Manual
Artemidorus’ The Interpretation of Dreams
Peter Thonemann
Oxford Universirty Press 2020
Hb, 256pp, £20, ISBN 9780198843825
Artemidorus’s work from the second century AD is the only survivor of many such “Dreams for Dummies” compilations, which go back to the fifth century BC. He naturally considers his the best.
Thonemann and Hammond provide a richly annotated translation of Artemidorus, with Thonemann’s separate book backgrounding this Græco-Roman dream merchant, his clients, and their world.
