# Onirocriticon 5.40-41

Artemidorus, Onirocriticon, 5.40 to 5.41. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/artemidorus/onirocriticon/5.40

Ἔδοξέ τις ἐκ τῶν σαρκῶν ἐκδύνειν ὥσπερ ὄφις ἐκ τοῦ γήρως. τῇ ὑστεραία ἀπέθανε· καὶ γὰρ ἡ ψυχὴ τὸ σῶμα καταλιπεῖν μέλλουσα τοιαύτας παρείχετο φαντασίας. Ἔδοξέ τις ἐν Ἰσθμῷ γινόμενος τὸν ἴδιον υἱὸν ζητεῖν. ἀπώλετο ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ διὰ τὸν μῦθον τὸν Μελικέρτειον.

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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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