Artemidoro e l’interpretazione dei sogni: i presagi dell’inconscio

Artemidoro and the interpretation of dreams: the predictions of the unconscious. The essay is divided into four parts. The first of them focuses on the Interpretation of dreams by Artemidoro di Daldi, through which it is possible to outline the personality and the thought of the author. The second part is related to similiarities and differences between Artemidoro and Freud. The third part deals with the Dictionnaire philosophique by Voltaire: in the entry Dreams, Artemidoro is not mentioned. In the fourth part some comparisons and differences between Freud and 60 Artemidoro are proposed, focusing on the fundamental role of dreams in human life since the antiquity.