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The MouseionHippocratesThe Sacred Disease

The Sacred DiseaseDe morbo sacro

By Hippocrates. De morbo sacro · title translated from the Latin

Kind of writing
Medicine
Dialect
Ionic
Written
5th–4th c. BC
Length
5,429 words analysed
Vocabulary
74% common words
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2 Greek texts, 1 English translation

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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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