Ivory Gate of Dreams (The)
.Dreams which delude pass through this gate, those which come true pass through the Gate of Horn. This fancy depends upon two puns: ivory in Greek is elĕphas, and the verb elephairo means “to cheat with empty hopes;” the Greek for horn is keras, and the verb karanoõ means “to accomplish.”
“Sunt geminæ somni portæ: quarum altera fertur
Cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris;
Altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto;
Sed falsa ad cœlum mittunt insomnia manes.”
