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ὄρος ἐξέπεμπεν ἐπιστολὰς
‘Ἄθω δαιμόνιε οὐρανόμηκες, 1 μὴ ποιεῖν ἐν
ἐμοῖς ἔργοις λίθους μεγάλους καὶ
δυσκατεργάστους: εἰ δὲ μὴ , τεμὼν ῥίψω σ᾽
εἰς θάλασσαν’ πολλὰ γάρ ἐστι τοῦ θυμοῦ
φοβερά, πολλὰ
δὲ καὶ γελοῖα: διὸ καὶ μισεῖται καὶ
καταφρονεῖται μάλιστα τῶν παθῶν. ἀμφότερα δ᾽
ἐσκέφθαι χρήσιμον,
ἐγὼ γοῦν, εἰ μὲν ὀρθῶς οὐκ οἶδα,
ταύτην δὲ τῆς ἰατρείας 2 ἀρχὴν ποιησάμενος,
ὥσπερ οἱ Λάκωνες ἐν τοῖς εἵλωσι τὸ μεθύειν οἷόν
ἐστι, κατεμάνθανον τὴν ὀργὴν ἐν ἑτέροις.
καὶ πρῶτον μέν, ᾗ φησιν Ἱπποκράτης
χαλεπωτάτην εἶναι νόσον ἐν
1 οὐρανόμηκες Emperius: οὐρανομήκη
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