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The MouseionGalenOn the Usefulness of Breathing

On the Usefulness of BreathingDe utilitate respirationis

By Galen. De utilitate respirationis · title translated from the Latin

Kind of writing
Medicine
Dialect
Attic/Koine
Written
2nd c. AD
Length
7,061 words analysed
Vocabulary
73% common words
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1 Greek text, 0 English translations

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μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆοςοὐλομένην, ἣ μυρίʼ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγεʼ ἔθηκε

Greek size
— px
Line spacing
1.8

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