# Onirocriticon 4.21

Artemidorus, Onirocriticon, Book 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/artemidorus/onirocriticon/4.21

Πρὸς δὲ τοὺς λέγοντας ὅτι οἱ κακοὶ ὄνειροι τάχιον ἀποβαίνουσιν, οἱ δὲ ἀγαθοὶ βράδιον καὶ οὐκ ἀποβαίνουσιν, εἴποις ἂν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀληθὲς τὸ τοιοῦτον. ἡ δὲ αἰτία τῆς πλάνης ἐστὶν ἥδε. ἤτοι κακοὺς ὁρῶσιν ὀνείρους ἔχοντας φαντασίας ἀγαθὰς καὶ κακῶν ἀποβαινόντων ἡγοῦνται ὑπὸ ἀγαθῶν ὀνείρων ἐξηπατῆσθαι (διὸ παραθήσει τοὺς ἐκ τοῦ εἰδικοῦ τρόπου ὀνείρους τοὺς κατὰ τὸ ἐντὸς μὲν ἀγαθούς, κατὰ τὸ ἐκτὸς δὲ κακούς) ἢ τὸ παρὸν οἱ ἄνθρωποι κακοδαιμονοῦντες ὁρῶσι κακοὺς ὀνείρους σημαντικοὺς τῶν ἐνεστώτων κακῶν καὶ ἀγαθοὺς προαγορευτικοὺς τῶν ἐσομένων ἀγαθῶν , οὐδέπω δὲ ἀποβαινόντων τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἡγοῦνται ἐξηπατῆσθαι. φαίνεται δὲ καὶ τοῖς εὐδαιμονοῦσι κακὰ ἐνύπνια καὶ οὐδέπω ἀποβαίνοντα καταφρονεῖται. ἀλλὰ πάντως ἀποβαίνει. τῶν δὲ ὄντων ὀνείρων οἱ μέν εἰσι πᾶσι κακοί, ἑκάστῳ κατὰ δύναμιν ποιόν τι κακὸν σημαίνοντες οἱ κατὰ τὸ ἐντὸς καὶ κατὰ τὸ ἐκτὸς κακοί, ὧν ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ βιβλίῳ ἐπεμνήσθην οἱ δʼ ἐπίσης πᾶσιν ἀγαθοί, οἱ καὶ κατὰ τὸ ἐντὸς καὶ κατὰ τὸ ἐκτὸς ἀγαθοί οἱ δὲ κατὰ μὲν τὸ ἕτερον ἀγαθοὶ κατὰ δὲ τὸ ἕτερον κακοὶ οἷς μὲν ἀγαθοὶ οἷς δὲ κακοὶ γίνονται. γνώσει δὲ πότε μὲν ἀγαθοὶ πότε δὲ κακοὶ γίνονται ἀπὸ τῆς τύχης ἢ τῶν πράξεων ἢ τῆς φροντίδος ἢ τῆς ἡλικίας τῶν ὁρώντων.

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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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