Author

Galen

2nd-century Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher, born at Pergamon. From Wikidata; Wikipedia.

Lived: 2nd–3rd c. AD
Wrote in: 2nd c. AD
Kinds of writing: Medicine (93), Philosophy, Rhetoric
Dialect: Attic/Koine
In the library: 97 works, 1 with an English translation; 2,721,593 words analysed

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The works here with a translation and the most familiar vocabulary: the fewest rare words to look up. That is vocabulary only; grammar, dialect and ideas may still be demanding.

De naturalibus facultatibusMedicine · 2nd c. ADEnglish73% common words523 KBAbout

What Galen wrote

Adhortatio ad artes addiscendasMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only75% common words82 KBAbout
De optima doctrinaMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only30 KBAbout
Quod optimus medicus sit quoque philosophusMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only26 KBAbout
De sectis ad eos qui introducunturMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only76% common words102 KBAbout
De constitutione artis medicae ad PatrophilumMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only74% common words170 KBAbout
Ars MedicaMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only72% common words257 KBAbout
De elementis ex HippocrateMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only76% common words215 KBAbout
De temperamentisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only72% common words365 KBAbout
De naturalibus facultatibusMedicine · 2nd c. ADEnglish73% common words523 KBAbout
De anatomicis administrationibusMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words1.3 MBAbout
De ossibus ad tironesMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words112 KBAbout
De venarum arteriarumque dissectioneMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only69% common words121 KBAbout
De nervorum dissectioneMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only72% common words61 KBAbout
De instrumento odoratusMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words63 KBAbout
De uteri dissectioneMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words47 KBAbout
De usu partium corporis humani I-XIMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only72% common words3.1 MBAbout
De motu musculorumMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only73% common words208 KBAbout
De Victu AttenuanteDe victu attenuanteMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only68% common words103 KBAbout
De utilitate respirationisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only73% common words86 KBAbout
De semineMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only72% common words292 KBAbout
De foetuum formationeMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only73% common words125 KBAbout
An in arteriis sanguis contineaturMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only73% common words81 KBAbout
De optima corporis nostri constitutioneMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only32 KBAbout
De bono habituMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only15 KBAbout
Quod animi mores corporis temperamenta sequanturMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only76% common words135 KBAbout
De propriorum animi cuiuslibet affectuum dignotione et curationeMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only76% common words120 KBAbout
De animi cuiuslibet peccatorum dignotione et curationeMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only76% common words109 KBAbout
De atra bileMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words104 KBAbout
De usu pulsuumMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only73% common words76 KBAbout
De placitis Hippocratis et PlatonisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only75% common words1.5 MBAbout
Thrasybulus sive utrum medicinae sit an gymnasticae hygieineGreek only190 KBAbout
De parvae pilae exercitioMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only32 KBAbout
De venereisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only11 KBAbout
De sanitate tuendaMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words1.1 MBAbout
De alimentorum facultatibusΠερὶ τῶν ἐν ταῖς τροφαῖς δυνάμεωνGreek only735 KBAbout
De rebus boni malique suciMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only69% common words165 KBAbout
De ptisanaMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words39 KBAbout
De dignotione ex insomniisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only12 KBAbout
De morborum differentiisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only73% common words108 KBAbout
De causis morborumMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only69% common words100 KBAbout
De symptomatum differentiisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only75% common words106 KBAbout
De symptomatum causisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only70% common words480 KBAbout
De differentiis febriumMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words349 KBAbout
De morborum temporibusMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only75% common words88 KBAbout
De totius morbi temporibusMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only75% common words52 KBAbout
De typisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only27 KBAbout
Adversus eos qui de typis scripserunt vel de circuitibusMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only74% common words104 KBAbout
De plenitudineMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only74% common words178 KBAbout
De tremore, palpitatione, convulsione et rigoreMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words146 KBAbout
De comate secundum HippocratemMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only72% common words51 KBAbout
De marcoreMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words95 KBAbout
De tumoribus praeter naturamMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only69% common words63 KBAbout
De inaequali intemperieMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words54 KBAbout
De difficultate respirationisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only74% common words528 KBAbout
De locis affectisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words1.2 MBAbout
De pulsibus ad tironesMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only72% common words99 KBAbout
De differentiis pulsuumMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only76% common words724 KBAbout
De dignoscendis pulsibusMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only76% common words508 KBAbout
De causis pulsuumMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only73% common words456 KBAbout
De praesagitione ex pulsibusMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only72% common words512 KBAbout
Synopsis librorum suorum de pulsibusMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only72% common words258 KBAbout
De crisibusMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only73% common words477 KBAbout
De diebus decretoriisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only76% common words369 KBAbout
De methodo medendiMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only72% common words2.6 MBAbout
Ad Glauconem de methodo medendiMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only70% common words376 KBAbout
De venae sectione adversus ErasistratumMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only73% common words99 KBAbout
De venae sectione adversus Erasistrateos Romae degentesMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only72% common words151 KBAbout
De curandi ratione per venae sectionemMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words167 KBAbout
De hirudinibus, revulsione, cucurbitula, incisione et scarificationeMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only16 KBAbout
De purgantium medicamentorum facultateMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only72% common words46 KBAbout
Quos quibus catharticis medicamentis et quando purgare oporteatMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only32 KBAbout
Pro puero epileptico consiliumMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words54 KBAbout
De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VIMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only69% common words2.3 MBAbout
De compositione medicamentorum secundum locos libri XMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only52% common words2.4 MBAbout
De compositione medicamentorum per generaMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only56% common words1.7 MBAbout
De antidotisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only54% common words485 KBAbout
De theriaca ad PisonemMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words183 KBAbout
Institutio logicaPhilosophy · 2nd c. ADGreek only78% common words158 KBAbout
De sophismatis seu captionibus penes dictionemRhetoric · 2nd c. ADGreek only81% common words36 KBAbout
De praenotione ad EpigenemMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only72% common words160 KBAbout
De substantia facultatum naturalium fragmentumMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only26 KBAbout
In Hippocratis De natura hominisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only75% common words395 KBAbout
In Hippocratis vel Polybi Opus de Salubri Victus Ratione Privatorum CommentariusMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only70% common words106 KBAbout
In Hippocratis De victu acutorumMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only70% common words1.1 MBAbout
In Hippocratis Epidemiarum IMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words2.2 MBAbout
In Hippocratis Aphorismos Commentarii VIIMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words1.6 MBAbout
Adversus LycumMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only75% common words119 KBAbout
Adversus ea quae Juliano in Hippocratis Aphorismos enuntiata suntMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only73% common words127 KBAbout
In Hippocratis De articulisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only70% common words759 KBAbout
De Humero iis Modis Prolapso quos Hippocrates non ViditMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words149 KBAbout
In Hippocratis PrognosticumMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only74% common words621 KBAbout
In Hippocratis De fracturisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only71% common words711 KBAbout
In Hippocratis De officina mediciMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only73% common words689 KBAbout
De musculorum dissectione ad tironesMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only70% common words196 KBAbout
De consuetudinibusMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only72% common words70 KBAbout
De experientia medicaMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only20 KBAbout
De causis respirationisMedicine · 2nd c. ADGreek only13 KBAbout

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