# De victu attenuante 81

Galen, De victu attenuante, Section 81. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-victu-attenuante/81

ἐλαῖαι δὲ μέσον πῶς εἰσιν ἔδεσμα πρός γε τὰ παρόντα, ὥστ’ οὔτ’ ἐπαινεῖν ἔχομεν οὔτε ψέγειν οὐδὲν ἀξιόλογον, ὡσπερ οὐδὲ τἀς κρεμασθείσας σταφυλάς· αἶ δ’ ἐν τοῖς στεμφύλοις ἢ βοτρύοις ἡ ὅπως ἂν ὀνομαζειν ἐθέλῃς ἀποτιθέμεναι ταῖς μὲν τῆς γαστρὸς ἀρρωστίαις οὐκ ἀνεπιτήδειοι, χείρους δ’ εἰς τὰ παρόντα, καὶ τούτων ἔτι μᾶλλον αἶ εἰς οἶνον ἐμβαλλόμεναι.

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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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