# In Hippocratis De officina medici 1.7

Galen, In Hippocratis De officina medici, Book 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/in-hippocratis-de-officina-medici/1.7

Τίς τ’ ἂρ τῶν ὄχ’ ἄριστος ἔην, σύ μοι ἔννεπε Μοῦσα,
Ἀνδρῶν ἠδ’ ἵππων, οἳ ἅμ’ Ἀτρείδῃσιν ἕποντο.
Ἵπποι μὲν μέγ’ ἄρισται ἔσαν Φηρητιάδαο,
Τὰς Εὔμηλος ἔλαυνε, ποδώκεας ὄρνιθας ὥς,
Ὄτριχας, οἰέτεας σταφύλῃ ἐπὶ νῶτον ἐΐσας,
Τὰς ἐν Πιερίῃ θρέψ’ ἀργυρότοξος Ἀπόλλων,
Ἄμφω θηλείας, φόβον Ἄρηος φορεούσας.
Ἀνδρῶν δ’ αὖ μέγ’ ἄριστος ἔην Τελαμώνιος Αἴας.
Ὄφρ’ Ἀχιλεὺς μήνιεν, ὁ γὰρ πολὺ φέρτατος ἦεν.
Ἔνθα δ’ ἅμ’ οἰμωγὴ τε καὶ εὐχωλὴ πέλεν ἀνδρῶν
Ὀλλύντων τε καὶ ὀλλυμένων.
Ἔνθα δὲ Βοιωτοί τε καὶ Ἴονες ἑλκεχίτωνες,
Λοκροὶ καὶ Φθῖοι καὶ φαιδιμόεντες Ἐπειοί.

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Galen, In Hippocratis De officina medici, ed. Karl Gottlob Kühn. 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/tlg0057.tlg101.local001/.