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Aphrodite: Book Four: Chapter One. The Dream of Demetrios

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NOW, having returned home with the mirror, the comb and the necklace, Demetrios was visited by a dream, during his sleep; and this was the dream: He is going toward the jetty, among the crowd, through a strange night without a moon, without stars, without clouds, which shines of itself. Without his knowing why, nor what draws him, he is in haste to arrive, to be there as soon as he can; but he walks with effort and the air opposes an inexplicable resistance to his legs, as deep water might…

Aphrodite: Book Four: Chapter One. The Dream of Demetrios

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