# Onirocriticon 5.67

Artemidorus, Onirocriticon, Book 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/artemidorus/onirocriticon/5.67

Ἔδοξέ τις κάτοπτρον ἔχειν κουρέως ἑστὸς ἐν τῇ πλατείᾳ πλησίον ἀγορᾶς καὶ περὶ πολλοῦ ποιεῖσθαι τὸ κατοπτρίζεσθαι. ἐπὶ δὲ τούτοις συγχωρηθὲν αὐτῷ κατωπττρίσατο καὶ εἶθε τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ πᾶσαν μεστὴν σπίλων. ἦν ἔρως ἑταίρας αὐτῷ, ἣν οὐδενὸς συγχωροῦντος αὐτῷ βία λαβὼν ἔσχε καὶ παῖς ἐγένετο αὐτοῖς ἐπίμωμος οὐ διὰ τὸ γένος μόνον, ἀλλʼ ὅτι καὶ διάστροφος ἦν τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς. τὸ δὲ κάτοπτρον τοῦ κουρέως κοινὴν ἐσήμαινε τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ παντὶ προκειμένην, ἥτις οὐκ εὐ μαρῶς ἐχρήσατο τῷ μοιχῷ· ἐκώλυε γὰρ ἂν ἀγαγέσθαι τὴν ἄνθρωπον. ἐπεὶ δὲ εἶδε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ εἰκόνα, ἐγένετο παῖς αὐτῷ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ὅμοιος, οὐκ ἄμωμος δέ, ὅτι καὶ σπίλους εἶχεν.

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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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