# Onirocriticon 2.48

Artemidorus, Onirocriticon, Book 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/artemidorus/onirocriticon/2.48

Παίειν τούτους μόνον ἐστὶν ἀγαθόν, ὦν ἄρχει τις, πλὴν γυναικός· αὕτη γὰρ εἰ παίοιτο, μοιχεύεται. οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ ἐπʼ ὠφελείᾳ τοῦ παίοντος τὰς πληγὰς λαμβάνουσιν. ὧν δέ τις οὐκ ἄρχει, τούτους παίειν οὐκ ἀγαθόν· ζημίαν γὰρ διὰ τὸν νόμον προαγορεύει. παίεσθαι δὲ οὐκ ἀγαθὸν μήτε ὑπὸ θεῶν μήτε ὑπὸ νεκρῶν μήτε ὑπὸ τῶν ὑποτασσομένων, ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ τῶν λοιπῶν. ἀεὶ δὲ ἀγαθὸν ξύλοις ἢ χερσὶ παίεσθαι, πονηρὸν δὲ ἱμάντι διὰ τοὺς μώλωπας καὶ καλάμῳ διὰ τὸν ψόφον . ὁπόθεν δέ οἱ παιόμενοι λαμβάνουσι τὰς πληγάς, ἐντεῦθεν τὰς ὡφελείας συμβέβηκε γίνεσθαι.

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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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