# Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.] 4.2

Alexander of Aphrodisias, Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.], Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/sp/4.2

Ἐπεὶ δὲ πᾶν τὸ ἐκ τῆς καρδίας θερμὸν εἰς ὅλον τὸ σῶμα παραπεμπόμενον διὰ μέσων ἴεται τοῦ πνεύματος καὶ τοῦ αἵματος, ἂ παντὶ πρόσεστι μορίῳ τοῦ σώματος, ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς ἰόντα καρδίας, εἰκότως τὴν παρὰ φύσιν θέρμην, ἐκ τῆς καρδίας ἀρχομένην, δι᾽ ἀρτηριῶν καὶ φλεβῶν εἰς ἅπαν ἰέναι τὸ σῶμά φαμεν. Τοῖς γὰρ αὐτοῖς, οἷς τὸ φυσικὸν θερμὸν παντὶ μορίῳ τοῦ σώματος μεταδίδωσιν ἡ καρδία, καὶ τὸ παρὰ φύσιν θερμὸν παραπέμψει, καὶ μάλισθ᾽ ὅτε καὶ ὁ πυρετὸς δοκεῖ τὸ φυσικὸν θερμὸν εἶναι εἰς τὸ πυρῶδες

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Alexander of Aphrodisias, Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.], ed. Julius Ludwig Ideler. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0732.tlg003.local001/.