Aelius Aristides 26, Sacred Tales IV
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§ 321 At the beginning of the tenth year of my illness,...
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§ 322 Here I was completely consecrated, as it were,...
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§ 323 And years later that plague occurred, from which the Saviour...
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§ 324 It is impossible to say through the length of time whatever dream came first,...
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§ 325 It seemed necessary to do this. And while we were talking and taking counsel,...
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§ 326 or someone speaking to me indicated that Rhosander can signify the god....
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§ 327 Indeed the greatest and most valuable part of my training was my access to and communion with these dreams....
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§ 328 For he used this expression, meaning “the chorus leader of our age.” And I comprehended what he meant and said to Bassus...
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§ 329 The following is also worthy to attribute to Delian...
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§ 330 or this in any case would have happened so,...
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§ 331 But most things were written for Apollo...
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§ 332 around dawn, or even still sooner, a divinely inspired inscription came to me,...
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§ 333 When this was proclaimed, I crossed over to the garden of Asclepius...
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§ 334 And the name Theodorus...
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§ 335 Furthermore I remember the following other dreams....
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§ 336 We saw others of different appearance and form,...
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§ 337 Quadratus interrupted him and said, “Will you quote the proverb,...
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§ 338 I shall return to where a little before, I said that I would stop and abandon my tale,...
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§ 339 And I received the verse from Delphi...
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§ 340 When he had read my letters, he commanded me to appear there....
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§ 341 that one might sooner stay the flow of the rivers than bribe him,...
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§ 342 And while he was still reading it, it was clear that he tried various shifts and in many parts of the letter stopped and turned back....
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§ 343 And after this, when he saw me drawing near,...
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§ 344 And an appeal was made by us to Rome...
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§ 345 When I had entered the Assembly and the People shouted their customary approval,...
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§ 346 After my people had purchased this estate for me,...
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