# Onirocriticon 4.41

Artemidorus, Onirocriticon, Book 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/artemidorus/onirocriticon/4.41

Οὔτε τὸ ἀπορρύπτεσθαι οὔτε τὸ περικεχρῖσθαί τινι τὸ πρόσωπον ἀγαθόν οὐκ ἀναμάρτητον γάρ φησιν εἶναι τὸν ἰδόντα. ὁ Πάφιος νεανίσκος ἔδοξε κατακεχρῖσθαι τὸ πρόσωπον, ὥσπερ αἱ γυναῖκες, καὶ ἐν θεάτρῳ καθέζεσθαι. μοιχεύων ἑάλω καὶ ἠσχημόνησεν. Ὅσα εἰς ἄλλο ἐστὶν εὔχρηστα, εἰς ἄλλο δαπανηθέντα ἄχρηστα γίνεται. ὁ Κρητικὸς ἔμπορος ἔδοξε τὸ πρόσωπον οἴνῳ νίπτεσθαι, καὶ εἶπέ τις αὐτῷ τῶν περὶ ταῦτα δεινῶν ‘ἐργάσει ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου καὶ τὰ δάνεια τὰ σεαυτοῦ ἀποπλυνεῖς.’ τὸ δὲ ἄρα ἦν οὐ τοιοῦτον, ἀλλʼ ὁ οἶνος αὐτῷ διεφθάρη· τὸ γὰρ ἀπόνιμμα ἄποτον καὶ ἄχρηστον εἰς τὸ λοιπόν.

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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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