1.1 Ego I Artemidōrus Artemidorus Ephesī at Ephesus nātus sum was born sed but Daldiānus Daldian vocārī to be called mālō I prefer quod because māter mother mea my ex from Daldī Daldis parvō small Lȳdiae of Lydia oppidō a town orta est sprang
1.2 Per through multōs many annōs years Graeciam Greece Asiam Asia Ītaliam Italy īnsulās the islands maximās greatest peragrāvī I travelled through nōn not ut so that urbēs cities vidērem I might see sed but ut so that somnia dreams colligerem I might gather
1.3 Cum with coniectōribus the interpreters quoque also quōs whom in in forō the market sedentēs sitting plērīque most people contemnunt despise diū for a long time versātus sum I kept company neque nor mē me eius of that cōnsuētūdinis familiarity pudet does it shame
1.4 Nihil nothing enim for ex out of coniectūrā guesswork scrīpsī I wrote sed but quotiēns as often as aliquis someone somnium a dream mihi to me nārrāverat had related quid what posteā afterwards ēvēnisset had come about observābam I used to watch
1.5 Itaque and so liber book meus my nōn not ratiō a system est is ex out of opīniōne supposition ficta made up sed but quasi as it were commentārius a record eōrum of those things quae which rē vērā in fact accidērunt happened
1.6 Hoc this autem moreover prīmum first didicī I learned idem the same somnium dream nōn not idem the same esse to be in in duābus two vītīs lives
1.7 Sī if quis anyone enim for somnium a dream mihi to me nārrat relates prius first quaerō I ask vir a man sit he is an or mulier a woman servus slave an or līber free dīves rich an or pauper poor aeger sick an or valēns well et and quam what artem trade exerceat he practises
1.8 Deinde then quaerō I ask utrum whether somnium the dream ab from hesternō yesterday's diē day ortum sit has arisen ā from famē hunger vel or metū fear vel or cupiditāte desire an or rem a thing futūram to come prōspiciat it looks ahead to
1.9 Prius the former genus kind Graecī the Greeks enhypnion enhypnion vocant call nōs we īnsomnium insomnium quod which nihil nothing futūrī of the future significat signifies alterum the other oneiron oneiros quod which sōlum alone interpretārī to interpret operae pretium worth the trouble est is
1.10 Hīc here nārrābō I shall relate quid what mihi to me ōlim once Ephesī at Ephesus ūnō on one diē day acciderit happened et and quid what ex from eō that diē day nōndum not yet intellēxerim I have understood
2.1 Erant there were fēriae the holy days Diānae of Diana Ephesiae Ephesian et and tōta the whole urbs city hominibus with people ex from omnī all Asiā Asia complēbātur was being filled quī who deam the goddess venerārī to worship et and negōtia business agere to do cupiēbant were eager
2.2 Ego I in in porticū a colonnade prope near forum the market sedēbam was sitting nōn not longē far ā from coniectōribus the interpreters quī who paucīs for a few nummīs coins somnia dreams interpretābantur were interpreting
2.3 Prīma first ad to mē me vēnit came mulier a woman quaedam certain nōmine by name Ammia Ammia vidua widow pistōris of a baker quae who post after mortem the death virī of her husband ipsa herself pistrīnum the bakery exercēbat was running
2.4 Manūs the hands eius of her farīnā with flour albae white erant were et and vōx her voice laeta glad quasi as if iam already scīret she knew sē herself bonum good aliquid something audītūram esse to be about to hear
2.5 Nārrāvit she related sē herself proximā on the last nocte night vīdisse to have seen panēs loaves innumerābilēs countless ex out of furnō oven suō her prōdīre to come forth calidōs hot et and candidōs white et and sē herself eōs them avidē greedily comēdisse to have eaten up
2.6 Quaesīvit she asked quid what id that somnium dream portenderet foretold num whether pistrīnum bakery suum her dītius richer futūrum esset was going to be
2.7 Ego I autem however ut as soleō I am accustomed nōn not statim at once respondī answered sed but prius first rogāvī I asked quō in what modō way prīdiē the day before vīxisset she had lived
2.8 Illa she fassa est admitted sē herself per for trēs three diēs days iēiūnāvisse to have fasted quod because deae to the goddess vōtum a vow fēcisset she had made et and famēlicam hungry cubitum to bed īsse to have gone
2.9 Tum then eī to her dīxī I said hoc this nōn not esse to be somnium a dream quod which futūra things to come prōspiceret looked ahead to sed but īnsomnium an insomnium ā from famē hunger ortum arisen
2.10 Famēlicōs the hungry enim for cibum food somniāre to dream sitientēs the thirsty aquam water amantēs lovers eōs those quōs whom amārent they loved neque nor in in eīs those rēbus things quicquam anything latēre to lie hidden quod which interpretārī to interpret oportēret it was needful
2.11 Ammia Ammia prīmō at first indignāta est was indignant deinde then rīsit laughed et and mē me parum too little līberālem generous coniectōrem an interpreter esse to be dīxit said quī who nē not panem bread quidem even prōmittere to promise vellem was willing
2.12 Addidit she added coniectōrem the interpreter quī who proximus next sedēret was sitting sibi to her prō for ūnō one nummō coin dīvitiās riches prōmissūrum fuisse would have promised
2.13 Respondī I replied mē me id that scīre to know et and hanc this ipsam very esse to be causam the reason cūr why tālēs such coniectōrēs interpreters ā by prūdentibus the sensible contemnerentur were despised
2.14 Artem the art enim for nōn not in in eō this cōnsistere to consist ut that omnia all somnia dreams interpretārēmur we should interpret sed but ut that scīrēmus we should know quae which nihil nothing dīcerent said
2.15 Tum then illa she capite her head quassātō having been shaken discessit went away nec and not mihi to me quicquam anything solvit paid quod because nihil nothing accēpisset she had received
2.16 Rem the matter tamen nevertheless in in tabellīs tablets meīs my ut as soleō I am accustomed cum with nōmine the name eius of her et and diē the day nōtāvī I noted down
3.1 Paulō a little post later vēnit came iuvenis a young man pallidus pale tunicā in a tunic sordidā dirty quī who Eutychēs Eutyches vocābātur was called et and figulus a potter erat was in in vīcō the quarter quī which ad towards portum the harbour vergit slopes
3.2 Nārrāvit he related sē himself somniāsse to have dreamed omnēs all dentēs teeth suōs his ūnā in one nocte night excidisse to have fallen out ita so ut that eōs them in into manum his hand exspueret he spat
3.3 Vix scarcely haec these things dīxerat he had said cum when alius another vir man nōmine by name Calliās Callias accessit came up aetāte in age gravior older pulchrē handsomely vestītus dressed duōbus two servīs slaves comitantibus accompanying
3.4 Is he cum when audīvisset he had heard quid what iuvenis the young man nārrāret was relating obstupuit was astounded nam for sē himself eādem on the same nocte night idem the same prorsus exactly somniāsse to have dreamed affirmāvit he declared
3.5 Ambō both igitur therefore ā of mē me quaesīvērunt asked quid what hoc this somnium dream significāret signified et and uterque each ut as vidēbātur it seemed idem the same respōnsum answer exspectābat was expecting
3.6 Coniectōrēs the interpreters proximī nearest quī who omnia everything audīverant had heard clāmābant were shouting dentēs teeth cadentēs falling semper always mortem the death alicuius of someone significāre to signify
3.7 Ego I vērō but negāvī denied ūllam any imāginem image semper always idem the same thing significāre to signify et and hominēs the people prius sooner cognōscendōs esse to have to be learned quam than somnium the dream
3.8 Itaque and so Eutychētem Eutyches prīmum first interrogāvī I questioned quam what vītam life ageret he was leading
3.9 Ille he oculīs eyes dēmissīs with lowered cōnfessus est confessed sē himself magnō by great aere aliēnō debt obstrictum esse to be bound quod because fornāx kiln sua his corruisset had collapsed et and nova a new one exstruenda fuisset had had to be built
3.10 Rogāvī I asked deinde next quid what in in somniō the dream sēnsisset he had felt cum when dentēs the teeth caderent were falling
3.11 Respondit he answered sē himself nūllum no dolōrem pain sēnsisse to have felt immō on the contrary levātum esse to have been relieved quasi as if onus burden aliquod some ex from ōre his mouth dēpōneret he were setting down
3.12 Tum then Calliam Callias eadem the same things interrogāvī I asked
3.13 Hic this man dīves rich erat was nāvēs ships habēbat he had et and domum a house magnam great in in quā which cum with uxōre wife duōbus two fīliīs sons frātre a brother multīs many servīs slaves habitābat he was living
3.14 Nārrāvit he related sē himself in in somniō the dream vehementer violently doluisse to have been in pain sanguinem blood cum with dentibus the teeth fluxisse to have flowed superiōrēs the upper autem moreover dentēs teeth prīmōs first cecidisse to have fallen
3.15 Rogāvī I asked num whether quid anything novī new in in domō the house eius of him parārētur was being prepared
3.16 Ille he paulisper for a little while tacuit was silent deinde then respondit answered fīlium son suum his maiōrem elder post after paucōs a few diēs days Alexandrīam to Alexandria nāvigātūrum esse to be about to sail ut so that ibi there negōtia the business patris of his father cūrāret he might look after
3.17 Tum then intellēxī I understood cūr why hī these duo two quamvīs although idem the same thing somniāvissent they had dreamed nōn not idem the same somnium dream vīdissent had seen
4.1 Dentēs teeth enim for ut as multīs by many exemplīs examples didiceram I had learned et both possessiōnēs possessions et and domesticōs members of the household significant signify nam for ōs the mouth quasi as it were domus a house est is in in quā which dentēs the teeth ōrdine in order habitant dwell
4.2 Superiōrēs the upper ones ad to potiōrēs the more important pertinent belong īnferiōrēs the lower ones ad to humiliōrēs the humbler dextrī the right ones ad to virōs men sinistrī the left ones ad to fēminās women
4.3 Sed but haec these things prīma first tantum only elementa elements sunt are quid what in in singulīs individual vītīs lives significent they signify id that nōn not liber a book dīcit says sed but vīta life ipsa itself
4.4 Eutychētī to Eutyches igitur therefore quī who aere aliēnō by debt premēbātur was being pressed exposuī I explained dentēs teeth cadentēs falling dēbitōrī to a debtor significāre to signify dēbita debts solūtum īrī to be going to be paid et and quidem indeed omnia all simul at once quia because omnēs all simul at once cecidissent they had fallen
4.5 Addidī I added bonum good signum a sign esse to be quod that nūllum no dolōrem pain sēnsisset he had felt quae what things enim for sine without dolōre pain discēderent went away ea those nōn not ēripī to be snatched away sed but reddī to be given back
4.6 Iuvenis the young man prīmō at first nōn not crēdidit believed deinde then lacrimāvit wept et and quaesīvit asked unde from where pecūniam the money inventūrus esset he was going to find
4.7 Respondī I answered mē me nescīre not to know somnium the dream enim for nōn not dīcere to say unde from where sed but tantum only fore it would be ut that solveret he paid
4.8 Calliae to Callias autem however nōn not idem the same respōnsum answer dedī I gave
4.9 Nam for ille he nihil nothing dēbēbat owed immō on the contrary aliīs to others pecūniam money crēdēbat he was lending itaque and so dentēs the teeth eius of him nōn not dēbita debts sed but domesticōs members of the household significābant were signifying
4.10 Cum since superiōrēs the upper ones prīmī first cecidissent had fallen et and cum with sanguine blood et and dolōre pain eum him monuī I warned ut that sēparātiōnem a parting aliquam some ā from cārō a dear capite head exspectāret he should expect nec and not sine without lūctū grief
4.11 Ille he statim at once dē for fīliō his son timēre to fear coepit began et and rogāvit asked num whether nāvis the ship peritūra esset was going to perish
4.12 Hōc at this locō point cavendum est one must take care nē that not coniector the interpreter plūs more dīcat says quam than somnium the dream
4.13 Respondī I answered igitur therefore mē me in in somniō the dream nūllam no nāvem ship vidēre to see neque nor mortem death sed but discessum a departure tantum only fierī to happen enim for posse to be able ut that ipsa the very fīliī of his son profectiō setting out id that esset was quod which somnium the dream ostenderet was showing
4.14 Monuī I reminded him etiam also somnium a dream nōn not esse to be dēcrētum a decree sed but signum a sign et and eum him quī who signum the sign accēpisset had received adhūc still agere to act posse to be able
4.15 Calliās Callias nihil nothing respondit answered dēnārium a denarius in on mēnsā the table posuit he put et and cum with servīs slaves suīs his tacitus silent abiit went away
4.16 Utrumque each somnium dream in in tabellīs tablets meīs my nōtāvī I noted down cum with nōminibus the names et and diē the day et and iīs those things quae which utrīque to each respondissem I had answered
5.1 Annō a year post later iterum again fēriīs at the holy days Diānae of Diana in in eādem the same porticū colonnade sedēbam I was sitting cum when Eutychēs Eutyches ad to mē me accurrit came running nōn not iam any longer pallidus pale nec nor sordidus shabby
5.2 Nārrāvit he related avunculum uncle suum his quī who Smyrnae at Smyrna habitāverat had lived paucīs a few post after somnium the dream diēbus days mortuum esse to have died et and sibi to him tantum as much pecūniae of money relīquisse to have left quantum as ipse he himself dēbuisset had owed
5.3 Omnia everything igitur therefore sē himself ūnō in one diē day solvisse to have paid dīxit he said sīcut just as dentēs the teeth ūnā in one nocte night cecidissent had fallen
5.4 Gaudēbat was rejoicing iuvenis the young man et and mē me laudābat was praising et and nummōs the coins mihi to me offerēbat was offering quōs which priōre in the former annō year solvere to pay nōn not potuerat he had been able
5.5 Ego I vērō but dum while eum him audiō I listen to nōn not sine without molestiā unease cōgitābam was reflecting coniectōrēs interpreters illōs those quī who mortem death clāmāverant had shouted nōn not minus less vērum truth dīxisse to have spoken quam than mē me
5.6 Mortuus erat had died enim for aliquis someone et and dēbita the debts solūta erant had been paid utrumque each thing ēvēnerat had come about et and uterque each nostrum of us sī if ita so nārrāre to tell it vellet he wished glōriārī to boast poterat was able
5.7 Rem the matter tamen nevertheless ut as soleō I am accustomed inter among somnia the dreams quae which ēvēnerant had come about nōtāvī I noted down
5.8 Paulō a little post later Ammia Ammia quoque too pistrīx the baker cum when forte by chance praeterīret she was passing by cōnstitit stopped et and rīdēns laughing rogāvit asked num whether sē her meminissem I remembered
5.9 Nārrāvit she related pistrīnum bakery suum her illō in that annō year tam so prosperē prosperously cessisse to have turned out ut that alterum a second furnum oven exstruere to build potuisset she had been able et and panēs loaves suōs her iam now per through tōtam the whole urbem city vēnīre to be sold
5.10 Dīxit she said somnium dream suum her quod which ego I nihil nothing significāre to signify affirmāveram had declared tamen nevertheless vērum true fuisse to have been et and mē me ut as iocāns joking addidit she added nē not ūnō one quidem even nummō coin dignum worth fuisse to have been
5.11 Respondī I replied eam her iēiūnam fasting somniāsse to have dreamed et and famēlicōs the hungry panem bread somniāre to dream sīve whether dīvitēs rich futūrī essent they were going to be sīve or nōn not
5.12 Illa she rīsit laughed et and abiit went away ego I autem however diū for a long time tacitus silent sēdī sat
6.1 Hīc here mihi by me fatendum est must be confessed quod what in in librīs books meīs my scrībere to write nōluī I was unwilling
6.2 Somnium the dream Ammiae of Ammia inter among īnsomnia the insomnia nōtāveram I had noted down quae which nihil nothing significant signify somnium the dream Eutychētis of Eutyches inter among ea those quae which ēvēnērunt came about
6.3 Sed but quā by what ratiōne reasoning hoc this fēceram had I done nisi except quod that iam already ante beforehand dēcrēveram I had decided quid what utrumque each esset was
6.4 Sī if Ammia Ammia pauper poor mānsisset had remained mē me rēctē rightly iūdicāsse to have judged dīxissem I would have said nunc now quoniam since dīves rich facta est she has become nihilōminus none the less mē me rēctē rightly iūdicāsse to have judged dīcō I say quod because famēlica hungry somniāverat she had dreamed
6.5 Ita thus fit it comes about ut that numquam never errem I err et and hoc this ipsum very thing mē me terret frightens
6.6 Dē about Calliā Callias autem however nihil nothing sciō I know
6.7 Numquam never rediit did he return neque nor quisquam anyone Ephesī at Ephesus mihi to me dīcere to tell potuit was able quid what dē of fīliō son eius his factum esset had become
6.8 Fortasse perhaps fīlius the son salvus safe Alexandrīam to Alexandria pervēnit arrived et and somnium the dream nihil nothing aliud other quam than discessum a departure ostendit showed fortasse perhaps nihil nothing omnīnō at all accidit happened et and Calliās Callias somniī dream suī his oblītus est forgot
6.9 Hominēs people enim for quōrum whose somnia dreams ēveniunt come about ad to coniectōrem the interpreter redeunt come back ut so that nārrent they may tell it quōrum those whose nōn not ēveniunt come about nōn not redeunt come back
6.10 Ego I igitur therefore eōs those sōlōs alone numerō count quī who per through forēs doors meās my iterum again intrant enter eōs those quī who numquam never redeunt come back numerāre to count nōn not possum I am able
6.11 Liber book meus my mīlle a thousand et and quadringenta four hundred ferē about somnia dreams continet contains quot how many autem but somnia dreams quae which nihil nothing effēcerint brought about omīserit it has left out id that nēmō no one umquam ever sciet will know
6.12 Neque nor tamen however idcircō on that account affirmāre to assert possum am I able somnia dreams nihil nothing prōspicere to look ahead to
6.13 Vīdī I have seen enim for multa many things quae which nūllā by no aliā other ratiōne account explicāre to explain possum I am able et and fīliō to son meō my in in librīs the books postrēmīs last scrīpsī I wrote ut that ipse he himself observāret should observe nec and not mihi me sine without experīmentō a trial crēderet should believe
6.14 Nunc now eī to him et and cuivīs to anyone quī who haec these things legit reads hoc this quoque also mandō I enjoin ut that nōn not sōlum only ea those things quae which ēvēnērunt came about nōtet he note down sed but etiam also ea those quae which nōn not ēvēnērunt came about sī if modo only cognōscere to learn of them possit he can
6.15 Nam for ars an art quae which sōlōs only successūs successes suōs its numerat counts etiam even cum when vēra true things dīcit it says sē itself ipsam its very fallit deceives
6.16 Utrum whether somnia dreams rēs things futūrās to come vērē truly prōspiciant look ahead to an or ego I homō a man dīligēns careful cāsūs chances tantum only collēgerim have gathered et and scientiam a science appellāverim have called them id that adhūc still nesciō I do not know
6.17 Observātiōnī observation plūs more quam than ūllī any aliī other reī thing crēdō I trust sed but somnia the dreams quae which mē me refellerent would refute observāre to observe nōn not possum I am able
6.18 Itaque and so haec these things quoque also in in tabellīs tablets meīs my nōtō I note down quamquam although nesciō I do not know in in quā which parte section pōnenda sint they are to be placed