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Marsyas dreamed that he had cut Dionysius's throat. [32] Dionysius put him to death, pretending that he would never have dreamed of such a thing by night if he had not thought of it by day. This was a most tyrannical action: for though it had been the subject of his thoughts, yet he had made no attempt [33] towards it. The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.