Μενεκράτης
Menekrates, Menecrates
Translated by David Whitehead26 Sep 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Of Syracuse,1 a doctor. This man used to take no fee for his treatment; for what he treated was the sacred disease,2 and he insisted that those being treated agree [to become] his slaves. Himself he called Zeus, and to each of those who had been cured by him he gave the name of [other] gods: Hermes in one case, Apollo in another.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Μενεκράτης, Συρακούσιος, ἰατρός. οὗτος δὲ μισθὸν μὲν οὐδένα ἐκομίζετο τῆς θεραπείας· ἐθεράπευε γὰρ τὴν ἱερὰν νόσον, δούλους δὲ αὑτοῦ ὁμολογεῖν τοὺς θεραπευομένους ἀπῄτει καὶ Δία ἑαυτὸν ἐκάλει, θεοὺς δὲ τοὺς ἰαθέντας ὑπ' αὐτοῦ, τιθεὶς ἑκάστῳ προσηγορίαν, τῷ μὲν Ἑρμοῦ, τῷ δὲ Ἀπόλλωνος.
Betacode
*menekra/ths, *surakou/sios, i)atro/s. ou(=tos de\ misqo\n me\n ou)de/na e)komi/zeto th=s qerapei/as: e)qera/peue ga\r th\n i(era\n no/son, dou/lous de\ au(tou= o(mologei=n tou\s qerapeuome/nous a)ph/|tei kai\ *di/a e(auto\n e)ka/lei, qeou\s de\ tou\s i)aqe/ntas u(p' au)tou=, tiqei\s e(ka/stw| proshgori/an, tw=| me\n *(ermou=, tw=| de\ *)apo/llwnos.
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- Revised — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead