Hippocrates, De alimento, ed. Émile Littré, 34

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[34] 34. Τρέφεται δὲ τὰ μὲν ἐς αὔξησιν καὶ ἐς τὸ εἶναι, τὰ
δὲ ἐς τὸ εἶναι μοῦνον, οἷον γέροντες, τὰ δὲ πρὸς τούτων καὶ ἐς
ῥώμην. Διάθεσις ἀθλητικὴ οὐ φύσει· ἕξις ὑγιεινὴ κρείσσων ἐν
πᾶσιν.

De alimento. Hippocrates. ed. Émile Littré. Paris. 1861.

Funding provided by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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De alimento (Greek) (Hippocrates. Oeuvres complètes d'Hippocrate, Vol. 9. Littré, Émile, editor. Paris: Baillière, 1861)

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Περὶ τροφῆς Perseus (Hippocrates, Vol. 1. Jones, William Henry Samuel, editor. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1923 (printing).) — 34 focus

[34] τρέφεται δὲ τὰ μὲν ἐς αὔξησιν καὶ ἐς τὸ εἶναι, τὰ δὲ ἐς τὸ εἶναι μοῦνον, οἷον γέροντες, τὰ δὲ πρὸς τούτῳ καὶ ἐς ῥώμην. διάθεσις ἀθλητικὴ οὐ φύσει· ἕξις ὑγιεινὴ κρείσσων ἐν 5 πᾶσιν.

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Nutriment Perseus (Hippocrates, Vol. 1. Jones, William Henry Samuel, editor. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1923 (printing).) — 34 focus

[34] Nourishment is sometimes into growth and being, sometimes into being only, as is the case with old men; sometimes in addition it is into strength. The condition of the athlete is not natural. A healthy state is superior in all.

Hippocrates De alimento 34

ed. Émile Littré

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