# Onirocriticon 4.55

Artemidorus, Onirocriticon, Book 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/artemidorus/onirocriticon/4.55

Ἔτι καὶ τοῦτο. πολλὰ παρὰ τὸ πλῆθος ἀποβαίνει καὶ πάλιν παρὰ τὸ μέγεθος. παρὰ μὲν τὸ πλῆθος, ὡς ἐπὶ κρομμύων, ἃ εἴ τις νοσῶν δόξειεν ἐσθίειν, εἰ μὲν πολλά, ἀναστήσεται, ἄλλον δέ τινα πενθήσει· εἰ δὲ ὀλίγα, τεθνήξεται· δακρύουσι μὲν γὰρ οἱ τὰ κρόμμυα ἐσθίοντες, δακρύουσι δὲ καὶ οἱ ἀποθνήσκοντες· οὐ γὰρ ἄνευ δακρύων τις ἀπέθανεν. ἀλλʼ ὀλίγα οὗτοι δακρύουσιν, ὡς ἔστιν ὅτε καὶ τοὺς πλησίον λαθεῖν, μόνον νοτισθέντων τῶν βλεφάρων οἱ δὲ πενθοῦντες πολλά· καὶ γὰρ ἐπὶ πολὺ δακρύουσι. παρὰ δὲ τὸ μέγεθος, ὡς ἐπὶ αἰγῶν καὶ ἐρίφων. αἶγας μὲν γὰρ οὔτε λευκὰς οὔτε μελαίνας ἰδεῖν ἀγαθὸνπλὴν αἰπόλου· ἔριφοι δὲ πάντες ἀγαθοί. ταὐτὰ δέ σοι ἐπὶ πάντων ὀνείρων τηρείσθω νῦν εἰς ὑπόδειγμα ἐπὶ τούτων μόνων εἰρημένα. ἔνια δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν ἔχει λόγον καὶ ἐν πλήθει καὶ ἐν μεγέθει καὶ ἐν ὀλιγότητι καὶ ἐν σμικρότητι, ὡς πρόβατα· ταῦτα γὰρ καὶ πολλὰ καὶ ὀλίγα καὶ καθʼ ἓν ὁραθέντα τὸν αὐτὸν ἔχει λόγον.

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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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