Publication Date
2002
Publication Place
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Brill
Subject
Achmet, active 10th century. Biblion oneirokritikon -- Textual analysis., Dream interpretation -- Byzantine Empire., Dreams -- Early works to 1800., Popular culture -- Byzantine Empire -- Arabic influences., Dreams -- Psychology.
Type
Book
Language
Greek (Modern)
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
522
Physical Dimensions
1 electronic resource (x, 522 pages).
Library
University College Dublin Library
Library Asset ID
10.1163/9789004473461. DOI
Record ID
b3374336
Library Location
In collection: Brill Open E-Book Collection
Date
2002
Notes
A revised version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Harvard University, 1998.
Sample Text
This volume discusses the so-called Oneirocriticon of Achmet , the most important Byzantine work on dream interpretation which was written in Greek in the 10th century and has greatly influenced subsequent dreambooks in Byzantine Greek, Medieval Latin, and modern European languages. By comparing the Oneirocriticon with the 2nd-century A.D. dreambook of Artemidoros (translated into Arabic in the 9th century) and five medieval Arabic dreambooks, this study demonstrates that the Oneirocriticon is a Christian Greek adaption of Islamic Arabic material and that the similarities between it and Artemidoros are due to the influence of Artemidoros on the Arabic sources of the Byzantine work. The Oneirocriticon 's textual tradition, its language, the identities of its author and patron, and its position among other Byzantine translations from Arabic into Greek are also investigated.
Erişim
Open Access.
Bibliyografya
Includes bibliographical references (pages [473]-506) and index.
Seri
The medieval Mediterranean, 0928-5520 ; v. 36, The medieval Mediterranean ; v. 36. 0928-5520
