The religious dreamworld of Apuleius' Metamorphoses : recovering a forgotten hermeneutic

1 The dreamworld as hermeneutical perspective. 2 Literary dreams and the nature of the Metamorphoses. 3 Dream interpretation in the second century. 4 Dreams in the Metamorphoses. 5 The Eros and Psyche myth: psychologiical interpretations. 6 The Eros and Psyche myth: an archetypal dream. 7 Lucius' religious experience

'...Metamorphoses is probably best known as the literary source for the myth of Eros and Psyche and as a primary source of information about mystery religions in the ancient world. There is another realm of the Metamorphoses which has, until now, received relatively little attention--namely, the many dreams found within it. [The book] offers an engaging portrait of the second-century dreamworld. Recognizing the centrality of the religious function and spiritual interpretation of dreams, this book illustrates their vital importance in the ancient world and the wide variety of meanings attributed to them.'

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