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Religious narrative · People & kin

A tall man spoke to him in riddles

Athens, Greece · 514 BCE

in the night before the Panathenaia it seemed to Hipparchos that a man came and stood by him, tall and of fair form, and riddling spoke to him these verses

Original text — The History of Herodotus (trans. G. C. Macaulay), Herodotus; trans. G. C. Macaulay

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Source
The History of Herodotus (trans. G. C. Macaulay) — Herodotus; trans. G. C. Macaulay, 1890 (translation). Book V, 56
Rights
Public domain (author died 100+ years ago)
Record type
Religious narrative
Place
Athens, Greece · Ancient Greek
Date
514 BCE
Uncertainty
High — Hipparchos was assassinated during the festival.
Imagery
A stranger · Writing
Feelings
Unease · Confusion

How traditions have read this kind of dream

Psychological

Family members, friends and strangers populate most dreams. Freud read many such dreams as wishes in disguise; contemporary researchers emphasise continuity with waking relationships and concerns.

Freud, Dream Psychology (1920)

Mythological

Dreams in epic and scripture are often addressed to someone — a wife waiting for a husband, a son receiving a vision for his family — and are told aloud to be understood.

Odyssey XIX; Genesis 37

Chinese traditions

Confucius lamented that he no longer dreamed of the Duke of Zhou; in Chinese letters, dreaming of someone is a measure of how much they are on one’s mind.

Analects 7.5

These are cultural lenses, not a diagnosis.

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