# Onirocriticon 5.30

Artemidorus, Onirocriticon, Book 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/artemidorus/onirocriticon/5.30

Ἔδοξέ τις γυνὴ νοσοῦσα κυεῖν, ἤδη τε ὠδίνειν καὶ ἐγγὺς τοῦ τεκεῖν εἶναι, ἁψαμένην δέ τινα αὐτῆς, ἣν ᾤετο μὴ ἀπείρως ἔχειν τῶν περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα, φάναι ‘νῦν μὲν οὐ τέξει, μετὰ δὲ μῆνας ἑπτὰ παιδάριον καλόν γε λίαν.’ ἐγένετο ἐν νόσῳ πάνυ κινδυνώδει, ὅθεν οὐκ ἂν ᾤετό τις αὐτὴν σωθῆναι, καὶ μὴ γενομένην ῥᾷον ὡς μὴ τέλεον ὑγιᾶναι. μετὰ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας ἀπέθανεν εἰκότως· ἔμελλε γὰρ ἀποθήσεαθαι τὸ βάρος καὶ τὰς ἀλγηδόνας μετὰ τοὺς ἑπτὰ μῆνας. τὸ δὲ καλὸν παιδάριον ἦν ὁ θάνατος, ὅστις αἱρετώτερος ἦν διὰ τὸ ἄπονον τοῦ νοσώδους καὶ ταλαιπώρου βίου.

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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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