Ἀλληγορία
allegory
Translated by Jennifer Benedict19 Apr 2000Vetting: high10 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a metaphor.
The word saying one thing and the thought another.
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'allegorical dreams', [meaning] those which say some things through others; whereas [dreams] to be taken literally [are] are those which seem like they look.1
The word saying one thing and the thought another.
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'allegorical dreams', [meaning] those which say some things through others; whereas [dreams] to be taken literally [are] are those which seem like they look.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλληγορία· ἡ μεταφορά. ἄλλο λέγον τὸ γράμμα καὶ ἄλλο τὸ νόημα. καὶ Ἀλληγορικοὶ ὄνειροι, οἱ ἄλλα δι' ἄλλων ἀγορεύοντες· θεωρηματικοὶ δέ, οἱ τῇ ἑαυτῶν θέᾳ προσεοικότες.
Betacode
*)allhgori/a: h( metafora/. a)/llo le/gon to\ gra/mma kai\ a)/llo to\ no/hma. kai\ *)allhgorikoi\ o)/neiroi, oi( a)/lla di' a)/llwn a)goreu/ontes: qewrhmatikoi\ de/, oi( th=| e(autw=n qe/a| proseoiko/tes.