A Byzantine Book on Dream Interpretation: The Oneirocriticon of Achmet and Its Arabic Sources (Medieval Mediterranean) [Hardcover]

Maria Mavroudi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2001 | ISBN-10: 9004120793 | ISBN-13: 978-9004120792

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.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Greek, Arabic

Product Details

• Hardcover: 522 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004120793
• ISBN-13: 978-9004120792
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,250,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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