# Onirocriticon 5.42

Artemidorus, Onirocriticon, Book 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/artemidorus/onirocriticon/5.42

Εδοξέ τις τρεῖς ἔχων υἱοὺς ὑπὸ τῶν δύο κατακοπεὶς ἐσθίεσθαι, ἐπιστάντα τε τὸν νεώτερον πρός γε τοὺς ἂλλους χαλεπαίνειν καὶ λυπεῖσθσι καὶ μυσαττόμενον λέγειν ‘ἐγὼ τοῦ πατρὸς οὐ μὴ φάγω.’ συνέβη τὸν νεώτερον υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἀποθανεῖν· μόνος γὰρ οὐκ ἔμελλεν ἐσθίειν οὐ τῶν σαρκῶν ἀλλὰ τῆς ὑπάρξεως, πρότερος τοῦ πατρὸς ἀποθανὼν καὶ μὴ κληρονομήσας. οἱ δὲ ἕτεροι οἱ φαγόντες διάδοχοι τῆς οὐσίας τοῦ πατρὸς ἐγένοντο.

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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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