# Onirocriticon 3.6

Artemidorus, Onirocriticon, Book 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/artemidorus/onirocriticon/3.6

Μύρμηκας τοὺς μὲν πτερὰ ἔχοντας οὐδαμῶς ἰδεῖν ἀγαθόν· ὄλεθρον γὰρ προαγορεύουσι καὶ ἀποδημίας ἐπικινδύνους· τοὺς δὲ ἑτέρους ἀγαθὸν γεωργοῖς· εὐφορίαν γὰρ μαντεύονται, ἐπειδὴ ὅπου μὴ ἔστι σπέρματα, οὐκ ἂν ἴδοι τις μύρμηκας. ἀγαθοὶ δὲ οὗτοι καὶ τοῖς ἐξ ὄχλου ποριζομένοις καὶ τοῖς νοσοῦσιν, ὅταν γε μὴ περὶ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἰδόντος ἀναστρέφωνται· ἐργάται γὰρ καλοῦνται καὶ ἐργοπονούμενοι οὐ διαλείπουσιν, ὅπερ ἴδιόν ἐστι τῶν ζώντων. ἐπειδὰν δὲ περὶ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἰδόντος ἀναστρέφωνται, ὄλεθρον προαγορεύουσιν, ὅτι γῆς εἰσι παῖδες καὶ ψυχροὶ καὶ μέλανες.

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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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