Τυφλῶν ὀνείρων

of blind dreams

Translated by Patrick Hogan3 Aug 2012Vetting: high4 revisions

1 note · 35 words
Or deceptive [ones]. And perhaps this [verse] was in evidence: "for double are the gates of deceptive dreams."1 Or [sc. the adjective is used] because they are holding converse with people whose eyes are closed.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τυφλῶν ὀνείρων· ἤτοι τῶν ἀπατηλῶν. καὶ ἴσως περιέπεσε τοῦτο· δοιαὶ γάρ τε πύλαι ψευστάων εἰσὶν ὀνείρων. ἢ ὅτι μύουσι προσδιαλέγονται.

Betacode
*tuflw=n o)nei/rwn: h)/toi tw=n a)pathlw=n. kai\ i)/sws perie/pese tou=to: doiai\ ga/r te pu/lai yeusta/wn ei)si\n o)nei/rwn. h)\ o(/ti mu/ousi prosdiale/gontai.

Notes (1)

  1. Same entry in Photius (tau578 Theodoridis) and other lexica, and in several of the paroemiographers. The headword phrase is regarded as a fragment of Attic tragedy (Tragica adespota fr. 335 Nauck and Kn.-Sn).
  2. 1Homer, Odyssey 19.562 (web address 1 below: Penelope is telling Odysseus the beggar about her dreams); cf. under omicron 333. ↩

References


Leutsch, E.L. and F.G. Schneidewin (eds.). Corpus Paroemiographorum Graecorum. vol. 1. Gottingen: Vanderhoeck and Ruprecht Publishers, 1839

External resources

Neighbouring entries

τ1216Τυφλότερος ἀσπάλακοςblinder than a blind-ratτ1217Τυφλότερος λεβηρίδοςmore blind than serpent-skinτ1218Τυφλῶν ὀνείρωνof blind dreamsτ1219Τυφογέρωνdotard, old foolτ1220Τυφομένηςbeing full of smoke, being smoked
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  4. augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
  5. Translated — Patrick Hogan

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