Ἀκήματα
cures
Translated by Jennifer Benedict6 Nov 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] remedies.1
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "curing of pains", [meaning] the baths;2 and they relax fatigue in the sea, which is especially good for the nerves, but slackening the crampings of the muscles [in bath-tubs]; then smearing on oil, so that their bodies would not become stiff once the water had dried.
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "curing of pains", [meaning] the baths;2 and they relax fatigue in the sea, which is especially good for the nerves, but slackening the crampings of the muscles [in bath-tubs]; then smearing on oil, so that their bodies would not become stiff once the water had dried.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀκήματα· ἰάματα. καὶ Ἄκη πόνων, τὰ λουτρά· καὶ κόπον μὲν θαλάττῃ λύουσιν, ἣ μάλιστα τοῖς νεύροις ἐστὶ πρόσφορος, ἀναχαλῶντες δὲ τὰς τῶν μυῶν συστάσεις, εἶτ' ἐπαλείφοντες λίπα πρὸς τῷ μὴ ῥανθέντος τοῦ ὕδατος ἀπεσκληρυμένα γίνεσθαι τὰ σώματα.