Gates of horn and ivory
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title:
Gates of horn and ivory
text:
The gates of horn and ivory are a literary image used to distinguish true dreams from false. The phrase originated in the Greek language, in which the word for "horn" is similar to that for "fulfill" and the word for "ivory" is similar to that for "deceive". On the basis of that play on words, true dreams are spoken of as coming through the gates of horn, false dreams as coming through those of ivory.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Literary image, originally from Greek
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_of_horn_and_ivory
date created:
2007-01-02T06:41:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T00:47:00Z
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