# De victu attenuante 56

Galen, De victu attenuante, Section 56. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-victu-attenuante/56

ἔστι δὲ καὶ τά ἄλλα πάντα τὰ ἐν τοῖς ὄρεσι φυόμενα μακρῷ βελτίω τῶν ἐν τοῖς πεδίοις, καί μοι δοκοῦσι καὶ οἶ ἄρειοι στρουθοὶ μὴ μόνον τῇ λεπτότητι τοῦ ἀέρος ἀλλὰ καὶ ταῖς τροφαῖς οὐχ ἤκιστα πλεονεκτεῖν τῶν ἐν ἕλεσί τε καὶ πεδίοις διαιτωμένων.

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Galen, De victu attenuante, ed. Karl Kalbfleisch. 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.
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