# De corde 3

Hippocrates, De corde, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-corde/3

Τὸν μὲν οὖν ἠέρα χρὴ, γενόμενον θεραπείην, ἀνάγκῃ ὀπίσω τὴν αὐτὴν ὁδὸν ἐκβάλλειν ἔνθεν ἤγαγεν· τὸ δ’ ὑγρὸν, τὸ μὲν εἰς τὸν κουλεὸν αὐτέης ἀποπτύει, τὸ δ’ αὖ ξὺν τῷ ἠέρι θύραζε χωρέειν ἐῇ. Ταύτῃ καὶ διαίρει τὸν οὐρανὸν, ὁκόταν παλινδρομέῃ τὸ πνεῦμα· παλινδρομέει δὲ κατὰ δίκην· οὐ γὰρ ἔστιν ἀνθρώπου φύσιος τροφὴ ταῦτα· κῶς γὰρ ἀνθρώπου τροφὴ ἄνεμος καὶ ὕδωρ τὰ ὠμά; ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον τιμωρίη ξυγγενέος πάθης.

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Hippocrates, De corde, ed. Émile Littré. 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/tlg0627.tlg045.local001/.