Oneiromancy
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Oneriomancy is a form of divination by the analysis of dreams.
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Notable Greco-Roman Authors
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Extant
- Artemidorus
- Achmet
- Astrampsychus, pseudonymous author of a number of divinatory, magical and medical works, including an Oneirocriticon.
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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.
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External links
- Catholic Encyclopedia: Interpretation of Dreams (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05154a.htm), covering classical and biblical dream interpretation
- Encyclopaedia Iranica (http://www.iranian.com/Iranica/Sept97/Dream/index.html). Persian dream interpreation, pre- and post-Islamic
- "Oneiromancy" (http://www2.centenary.edu/m&m/oneiromancy.htm), the complete text of Jean Bottero's essay on Mesopotamian dream divination. Seminal.
- Dream Interpretation Resources (http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/astdiv/3.html), from Ancient Astrology and Divination on the Web (Tim Spalding)
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Sources
- Galen, On Diagnosis in Dreams (http://www.ea.pvt.k12.pa.us/medant/dedign.htm) translated by Lee T. Pearcy (Medicina Antiqua)
