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name: Aretaeus the Cappadocian
name_greek: Ἀρεταῖος ὁ Καππάδοξ
eul_aid: qao
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/aretaeus-the-cappadocian-qao"
period: Roman
dialect: Ionic
works_count: 4
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Aretaeus the Cappadocian

*Ἀρεταῖος ὁ Καππάδοξ*

**eul_aid:** `qao` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/aretaeus-the-cappadocian-qao)

Aretaeus, a Greek physician from Cappadocia. Surviving treatises on acute and chronic diseases. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [On Causes and Signs of Acute Diseases](https://eulogikon.org/works/aretaeus-cappadocian-acute-diseases-qao-ab) — *Περὶ αἰτίων καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθών* · `qao-ab`
- [On Causes and Signs of Chronic Diseases](https://eulogikon.org/works/aretaeus-cappadocian-chronic-diseases-qao-aa) — *Περὶ αἰτίων καὶ σημείων χρονίων παθῶν* · `qao-aa`
- [Treatment of Acute Diseases](https://eulogikon.org/works/aretaeus-cappadocian-acute-diseases-qao-ad) — *Ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν* · `qao-ad`
- [Treatment of Chronic Diseases](https://eulogikon.org/works/aretaeus-cappadocian-chronic-diseases-qao-ac) — *Χρονίων νούσων θεραπευτικών* · `qao-ac`

## License and provenance

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