{"product_id":"artemidorus-oneirocritica-text-translation-and-commentary-9780199593477","title":"Artemidorus' Oneirocritica: Text, Translation, and Commentary","description":"In ancient Greece and Rome, dreams were believed by many to offer insight into future events. Artemidorus' \u003cem\u003eOneirocritica\u003c\/em\u003e, a treatise on dream-divination and compendium of dream-interpretations written in Ancient Greek in the mid-second to early-third centuries AD, is the only surviving text\u003cbr\u003efrom antiquity that instructs its readers in the art of using dreams to predict the future. In it, Artemidorus discusses the nature of dreams and how to interpret them, and provides an encyclopaedic catalogue of interpretations of dreams relating to the natural, human, and divine worlds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this volume, Harris-McCoy offers a revised Greek text of the \u003cem\u003eOneirocritica\u003c\/em\u003e with facing English translation, a detailed introduction, and scholarly commentary. Seeking to demonstrate the richness and intelligence of this understudied text, he gives particular emphasis to the \u003cem\u003eOneirocritica\u003c\/em\u003e's\u003cbr\u003ecomposition and construction, and its aesthetic, intellectual, and political foundations and context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel E. Harris-McCoy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199593477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Harris-McCoy\u003c\/strong\u003e is currently a visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at Boston College. His research generally relates to Greek and Latin history of ideas. In addition to dreams, he is interested in how knowledge was transmitted in antiquity and the intellectual, aesthetic, and political dimensions of ancient technical and compilatory literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39934235246707,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f274f546-9e21-44e3-8370-9e3ce4cb4a78.jpg?v=1647878363","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/artemidorus-oneirocritica-text-translation-and-commentary-9780199593477","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}