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Headword: Skia oneirôn
Adler number: sigma,599
Translated headword: shadow of dreams
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[sc. A saying] in reference to obscure matters. Damascius [says]: 'whenever instead of past events we write about some kind of phantoms, [we create] a shadow of dreams, according to Pindar'.[1]
Greek Original:
Skia oneirôn: epi tôn adêlôn pragmatôn. Damaskios: hotan anti pragmatôn gegenêmenôn eidôla atta sungraphômetha, skian oneirôn, kata Pindaron.
Notes:
cf. epsiloniota 45.
[1] Damascius, Life of Isidore fr.55 Zintzen (26 Asmus, 29B Athanassiadi), citing Pindar, Pythian 8.95-6(136-7), skia=s o)/nar a)/nqrwpos.
Keywords: biography; daily life; dreams; poetry; proverbs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 18 December 2002@05:55:54.
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