A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

486 HIPPOCRATES. HIPPOCRATES.
opinion in each particular case is founded to the Irvfwe, De Insomniis (vol. ii. p. 1); Iepl la0eV, De
works of Gruner, Ackermann, and Littre, of which Affectionibus (vol. ii. p. 380):; flepl Tcv EvTOS
he has, of course, made free use.* Perhaps a tabular IIa0cv, De Internis A.fectionibus (vol. ii. p. 427)
or genealogical view of the different divisions and flep) Nolu'ocv A, De Morbis i. (vol. ii. p. 165); Ilepl
subdivisions of the Collection will be the best cal-'ErrayuOov, De Septimestri Partu (vol. i. p. 444);
culated to put the reader at once in possession of IIfp)'OKTcIaulzov, De Octimestri Partu (vol. i. p.
the whole bearings of the subject. 455);'Etri&qlklov'BigAXa B, A, Z, Epidemiorum,
The Hippocratic Collection consists of I or De Morbis Popularibus, ii. iv. vi. (vol. iii. pp.
I 428, 51], 583); nIepl Xvut6v, De Iumoribus (vol.
Works certainly Works certainly Works peraps i. p. 120); rIepl'Trypcv Xpr~crsos, De USsu Liquiwrittenbyitten notwritten by rite dorusz (vol. ii. p. 153).
~ocrates. (Clans a.CClass VI., containing nfpl rov)s, De Genitura
(vol. i. p. 371); frlepl strtos rlaSifov, De Nature
Works earlier Works later Works about Pueri (vol. i. p. 382); rlepl Notowv A, De Morbis
than Hippo than Hippo- contemporary (v
crates. (Class crates. with Hippo- iv. (Vol. ii. p. 324); Hepl rvuvaliei ot, De MuIII.) | crates. lierium 1Morbis (vol. ii. p. 606); rIepl napOevr6o',
Works i De Virginum Morbis (vol. ii. p. 526); flepl'Ao-.
Works authentic, Works neither Workswhose erilib (vol. iii.. ).
but not genuine, genuine nor author is author p De St ol. ii. p. 1).
i. e. not wilful authentc,.e. coectured. unknown II., containing E, H
forgeries. wilful forge- (Cl ss IV.) (Class V.) VI, containing
ries. (Class Epidemiorurn, or De Morbis Popularibus v. vii.
VIII.) (vol. iii. pp. 545, 631); Hepl KapbSits, De Corde
Worksbythe Wok-T b(vol. i. p. 485); Ilep) Tpoipis, De Alimento (vol. ii.
sameauthor. rious authors. p. 17); Iepl ptipKWV, De Carnibus (vol. i. p. 424);
(ClanssVI.) (Clanss VI.) fop)'EpgouIdouCv, De Septimanis, a work which no
Class I., containing fIpoyvwoatrudv, Praenotiones longer exists in Greek, but of which M. Littr6
or Prognosticon (vol. i. p. 88, ed. Kuhn);'Aipo- has found a Latin translation; Ipolf'rinedK B,
prtooi, Aplorismi (vol. iii. p. 706);'Emrilbqiwc, Prorrhetica (or Praedictiones) ii. (vol. i. p. 185);
BieAta A, r, De Morbis Popularibus (or Epidemi- fIepl'Or-Croov 4)&onos, De Natura Ossium, a work
orum), lib. i. and iii. (vol. i. pp. 382, 467); flepl composed entirely of extracts from other treatises,laiai'ls'Oe'Zw, De Ratione Victus in 1/lior2bis of the Hippocratic Collection, and from other anAcutis, or De Diaeta Acutorum (vol. ii. p. 25); cient authors, and which therefore M. Littre is
epl'A'dpcv,'Td'iwTv, To'rowv, De Aere, Aquis, et going to suppress entirely (vol. i. p. 502); IIepl
Locis (vol. i. p. 523); rIepl 6rY elt KeqCaAnh Tpc-'AE,'vwv, De Glandulis (vol. i. p. 491); Ilepl
ita'cwv, De Capitis Vulneribus (vol. iii. p. 346).'Ir1pov, De M[edico (vol. i. p. 56); Ilepl EtClass II., containing flep)'ApXafcii'I7rplKscr, oX77Lnoet'v7r, De Decenti Habitu (vol. i. p. 66);
De Prisca Medicine (vol. i. p. 22); Hep)'ApeOpcv, nIapayyeiati, Praeceptiones (vol. i. p. 77); fnpl
De Articulis (vol. iii. p. 135); rIep)'AylUcv, De'AvaTroItcs, De Anatomia (or De Resectione Co-.
Fractis (vol. iii. p. 64); MoxAhKcos, Mocilicus or porum) (vol. iii. p. 379); Ileol'Oov-'orT vtns, De
Vectiarius (vol. iii. p. 270); "Opsors, Jusjuranduunz Dentitione (vol. i. p. 482); flep)'EsyKa-'aTroT,1s'EML(vol. i. p. 1) Ndouos, Lexe (vol. i. p. 3); nlepl epov, De Resectione Foetus (vol. iii. p. 376); flepl'EAKtcc, De Ulceribus (vol. iii. p. 307); Tlep)'O*Ios, De Visu (vol. iii. p. 42); Ilepl Kpcric'wv, De
Zupiy'ys,, De Fistulis (vol. iii. p. 329); Ilepl Grisibus (or De Judicationibus) (vol. i. p. 136);
Ai~loppoo3wy, De Haemorrhoidibus (vol. iii. p. 340); Nelop Kprcoriwtc, De Diebus Criticis (or De Diebus
Kae'Il7 peop,, De Ofcina Medici (vol. iii. p. 48); Judicatoriis) (vol. i. p. 149); rIoep)l apacdKcwv, De
loep)'Ipis Nou'ov, De Morbo Sacro (vol. i. MlIedicamentis Pu-gativis (vol. iii. p. 855).
p. 587). Class VIII., containing'Evrr-roXat, Epistolae
Class III., containing rlpo0ui-rcTKd, A, Pror- (vol. iii. p. 769); nlpeoCevrTKos Oeeaaaog, T/ies2-hetica, or Praedictiones i. (vol. i. p. 157); Kwacrli sali Legati Oratio (vol. iii. p. 831);'ETrgcdltos,
-lpoyvmdrltr, Coacae Praenotiones (vol. i. p. 234). Oratio ad Aram (vol. iii. p. 830); Ad-yua'AOflClass IV., containing fIepl 6o'-cos'AvOpcnrov,,vacoc, Atlieniensiumn Senatus Consultuum (vol. iii. p.
De Natura Hominis (vol. i. p. 348); flep) Awta-rd's 829).'TyiLeEivs, De Salabri Victus Ratione(?) (vol. i. Each of these classes requires a few words of
p. 616); fIep) rvvaitcneirv,irios, De Natura Mu- explanation. The first class will probably be conliebri(?) (vol. ii. p. 529);. lep) Novtouv B, r, De sidered by many persons to be rather small; but
Morbis, ii. iii(?) (vol. ii. p.212); Ilep'Ertvucv4oa os, it seemed safer and better to include in it only
De Supeifoetatione(?) (vol. i. p. 460). those works of whose genuineness there has never
Class V., containing Hep)l It, varo, De Flatibus been any doubt. To this there is perhaps one ex(vol. i..p. 569); Ilepl TorSwv ro, KCtT''AVOpwOrov, ception, and that relating to the very work whose
De Locis in Homine (vol. ii. p. 101); fHepr TiXv/l, genuineness one would perhaps least expect to find
De Arte(?) (vol. i. p. 5); Ilepl Atairets, De Diaeta, called in question, as it is certainly that by which
or De Victus Ratione (vol. i. p. 625); flepl'Evvu- Hippocrates is most popularly known. Some doubts
have arisen in the minds of several eminent critics
~ Some of the readers of this work may perhaps as to the origin of the Aphorisms, and indeed the
be interested to hear that a strictly philological clas- discussion of the genuineness of this work may be
sification of the works of the Hippocratic Collection said to be an epitome of the questions relating to
is still a desideratum; and that, as this is in fact the whole Hippocratic Collection. We find here a
almost the only question connected with the subject very celebrated work, which has from early times
which has not by this time been thoroughly ex- borne the name of Hippocrates, but of which some
amined, any scholar who will undertake the work parts have always been condemned as spurious.
will be doing good service to the cause of ancient Upon examining those portions that are considered
medical literature. to be genuine, we observe that the greater part of