Oneiromancy

Oneriomancy is a form of divination by the analysis of dreams.

Contents

1 Notable Greco-Roman Authors 1.1 Extant 1.2 Lost or Fragmentary 2 External links 3 Sources

Notable Greco-Roman Authors

Extant

• Artemidorus
• Achmet
• Astrampsychus, pseudonymous author of a number of divinatory, magical and medical works, including an Oneirocriticon.

Lost or Fragmentary

Also see Artemidorus for a list of authors mentioned in this longest of the ancient dreambooks. All are lost, but fragments are preserved in Artemidorus and other ancient authors.

External links

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Interpretation of Dreams, covering classical and biblical dream interpretation
• Encyclopaedia Iranica. Persian dream interpreation, pre- and post-Islamic
• "Oneiromancy", the complete text of Jean Bottero's essay on Mesopotamian dream divination. Seminal.
• Dream Interpretation Resources, from Ancient Astrology and Divination on the Web (Tim Spalding)

Sources

• Galen, On Diagnosis in Dreams translated by Lee T. Pearcy (Medicina Antiqua)