Ἱερὰ νόσος
sacred disease
Translated by David Whitehead30 May 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
It is subject to the moon; for that, they say, is what controls it.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἱερὰ νόσος· αὕτη τῇ σελήνῃ ἀνάκειται· ὑπὸ γὰρ ταύτην γίνεσθαί φασιν.
Betacode
*(iera\ no/sos: au(/th th=| selh/nh| a)na/keitai: u(po\ ga\r tau/thn gi/nesqai/ fasin.
Notes
- Artemidorus 2.12.
For the Hippocratic treatise on the "sacred disease" (epilepsy), see web address 1; and generally LSJ s.v.i(ero/s , IV.8.