# Onirocriticon 2.18

Artemidorus, Onirocriticon, Book 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/artemidorus/onirocriticon/2.18

Ἰχθύας νεκροὺς ἐν θαλάσσῃ εὑρεῖν οὐκ ἀγαθόν· ματαίας γὰρ ἐλπίδας σημαίνουσι, καὶ τὰ προσδοκώμενα οὐκ ἐῶσι τελεσθῆναι ζῶντας δὲ ἰχθύας ἄμεινον λαμβάνειν. περὶ δὲ τῆς σκευασίας αὐτῶν καὶ τῆς ἀρτύσεως τὰς κρίσεις ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν κρεῶν ἀρτύσεως ποιεῖσθαι χρή. ἔτι καὶ τὸ δοκεῖν ἰχθὺν ἐν τῇ κοίτῃ ἰδεῖν πονηρὸν τῷ πλέοντι καὶ τῷ νοσοῦντι· τῷ μὲν γὰρ ναυάγιον τῷ δὲ κίνδυνον ἐξ ὑγρῶν ἢ διʼ ὑγρῶν σημαίνει. καὶ ἢν γυνὴ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσα ἰχθύν ὑπολάβῃ τεκεῖν, ὡς μὲν οἱ παλαιοὶ λέγουσιν, ἄφωνον γεννήσει, ὡς δὲ ἐγὼ ἐτήρησα, ὀλιγοχρόνιον. πολλαὶ δὲ καὶ νεκρὰ ἔτεκον ἔξω γὰρ τοῦ περιέχοντος γενόμενος πᾶς ἰχθύς ἀποθνήσκει.

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Artemidorus, Onirocriticon, ed. Roger A Pack. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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