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Hippocrates, "Airs, Waters, Places"
Feb. 21st, 2014 06:47 pmοὐ γὰρ τωὐτὸ δύναται ἥτις πρὸς βορέην κεῖται καὶ ἥτις πρὸς νότον οὐδ᾽ ἥτις πρὸς ἥλιον ἀνίσχοντα οὐδ᾽ ἥτις πρὸς δύνοντα. ταῦτα δὲ χρὴ ἐνθυμεῖσθαι ὡς κάλλιστα καὶ τῶν ὑδάτων πέρι ὡς ἔχουσι, [20] καὶ πότερον ἑλώδεσι χρέονται καὶ μαλθακοῖσιν ἢ σκληροῖσί τε καὶ ἐκ μετεώρων καὶ πετρωδέων εἴτε ἁλυκοῖσι καὶ ἀτεράμνοισιν: καὶ τὴν γῆν, πότερον ψιλή τε καὶ ἄνυδρος ἢ δασεῖα καὶ ἔφυδρος καὶ εἴτε ἔγκοιλός ἐστι καὶ πνιγηρὴ εἴτε μετέωρος καὶ ψυχρή: καὶ τὴν δίαιταν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὁκοίῃ ἥδονται, πότερον φιλοπόται καὶ [p. 72] ἀριστηταὶ καὶ ἀταλαίπωροι ἢ φιλογυμνασταί τε [28] καὶ φιλόπονοι καὶ ἐδωδοὶ καὶ ἄποτοι.
For they do not have the same power, the [city] which is laid out towards the north and the one which is laid out towards the south, nor the one laid out towards the rising or the setting sun. It is necessary to consider these thus, and best especially also the matters of the nearby waters which they [the cities] possess, and whether they are marshy, and whether they are soft or hard, and whether [they come] from high and stony places and if they are salty [?] or fresh: and [it is necessary to consider] the earth, whether bare and waterless or thick with growth and moist, and if it is sunken and stifling [hot] or high and cold: and [it is necessary to consider] the way of life of the people, with what sort of thing they entertain themselves, whether [they are] lovers of drink and luxury and careless in their habits, or lovers of gymnastic exercises and hard work and given to eating rather than drinking, and [people who] never drink.
For they do not have the same power, the [city] which is laid out towards the north and the one which is laid out towards the south, nor the one laid out towards the rising or the setting sun. It is necessary to consider these thus, and best especially also the matters of the nearby waters which they [the cities] possess, and whether they are marshy, and whether they are soft or hard, and whether [they come] from high and stony places and if they are salty [?] or fresh: and [it is necessary to consider] the earth, whether bare and waterless or thick with growth and moist, and if it is sunken and stifling [hot] or high and cold: and [it is necessary to consider] the way of life of the people, with what sort of thing they entertain themselves, whether [they are] lovers of drink and luxury and careless in their habits, or lovers of gymnastic exercises and hard work and given to eating rather than drinking, and [people who] never drink.
