ABSTRACT

Fish are interpreted as fear and a lack of resolve, I take αβουλία in its modern Greek sense. Lobsters, crabs, crawfish, and other hard-shelled fish point to injurious loss that will come at the hands of enemies who are immoderate in their actions. If mice appear in someone's house roaming up and down, all the secrets of the homeowner will be revealed. The appearance of icons is interpreted through no method other than the fact that they and churches are further decorated with tesserae, and a judgment is called ψ ῆ φος. A pun here, since ψήφος meant not only a mosaic pebble, but also the stone used in casting votes. The oil lamp is judged as a woman. A parallel is Artemidorus, where the lamp stand is interpreted as a woman. If a lamp became extinguished, a woman is going to die or lose her sense of modesty.