Abstract
Much of the second book of the Oneirocritica is dedicated to an enormous panorama of the natural world, beginning with weather-signs (particularly fire and thunderbolts), before turning to a long and fabulously rich account of the animal kingdom and the natural world more generally (the sea, farming and plants, rivers and land), articulated around the human exploitation of that world (hunting, fishing, farming). This chapter describes Artemidorus’ conception of non-human nature and its associated symbolism, with a particular emphasis on his utilitarian assumptions concerning both animals and plants. His taxonomy of animals is explored in detail, with a focus on degrees of anthropomorphism (with birds at one end of the spectrum, fish at the other.)
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