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Headword:
*)allhgori/a
Adler number: alpha,1170
Translated headword: allegory
Vetting Status: high
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]
Greek Original:*)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.
Notes:
The first part of this entry has parallels in other lexica; references at
Photius pi994 Theodoridis.
[1] This basic distinction between two types of dream, the
a)llhgorikoi/ and the
qewrhmatikoi/, is found in
Artemidorus 1.2.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 19 April 2000@08:58:43.
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