---
name: Hippocrates and the Hippocratic Corpus
name_greek: Ἱπποκράτης καὶ τὸ Ἱπποκρατικὸν Σῶμα
eul_aid: bww
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/hippocrates-and-corpus-bww"
period: Classical
dialect: Ionic
works_count: 64
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Hippocrates and the Hippocratic Corpus

*Ἱπποκράτης καὶ τὸ Ἱπποκρατικὸν Σῶμα*

**eul_aid:** `bww` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/hippocrates-and-corpus-bww)

Hippocrates, foundational figure of ancient Greek medicine. Surviving works include medical treatises. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Aphorisms](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-aphorisms-bww-bq) — *Ἀφορισμοί* · `bww-bq`
- [Carrier](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-carrier-bww-cc) — *Φορεύς* · `bww-cc`
- [Coan Prognostics](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-coan-prognostics-bww-aw) — *Κῶα Προγνωστικά* · `bww-aw`
- [Epidemics, Book I](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-epidemics-1-bww-ch) — *Ἐπιδημίων Α* · `bww-ch`
- [Epidemics, Book II](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-epidemics-2-bww-ci) — *Ἐπιδημίων Β* · `bww-ci`
- [Epidemics, Book III](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-epidemics-3-bww-cj) — *Ἐπιδημίων Γ* · `bww-cj`
- [Epidemics, Book IV](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-epidemics-4-bww-ck) — *Ἐπιδημίων Δ* · `bww-ck`
- [Epidemics, Book V](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-epidemics-5-bww-cl) — *Ἐπιδημίων Ε* · `bww-cl`
- [Epidemics, Book VI](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-epidemics-6-bww-cm) — *Ἐπιδημίων Ζ* · `bww-cm`
- [Epidemics, Book VII](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-epidemics-7-bww-cn) — *Ἐπιδημίων Η* · `bww-cn`
- [Instructions](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-instructions-bww-bj) — *Ὑποθῆκαι* · `bww-bj`
- [Law](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-law-bww-cg) — *Νόμος* · `bww-cg`
- [Letters, Decree, Orations](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-letters-decrees-orations-bww-ae) — *Ἐπιστολαί, Ψήφισμα, Λόγοι* · `bww-ae`
- [Metrical Oath](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-metrical-oath-bww-bh) — *Ὅρκος Μετρικός* · `bww-bh`
- [Oath](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-oath-bww-cf) — *Ὅρκος* · `bww-cf`
- [On Affections](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-affections-bww-bi) — *Περὶ παθῶν* · `bww-bi`
- [On Airs, Waters, Places](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-airs-waters-places-bww-ai) — *Περὶ ἀέρων, ὑδάτων, τόπων* · `bww-ai`
- [On Anatomy](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-anatomy-bww-bo) — *Περὶ ἀνατομῆς* · `bww-bo`
- [On Ancient Medicine](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-ancient-medicine-bww-at) — *Περὶ ἀρχαίας ἰατρικῆς* · `bww-at`
- [On Art](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-art-bww-ce) — *Περὶ τέχνης* · `bww-ce`
- [On Birth](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-birth-bww-by) — *Περὶ Γενέσεως* · `bww-by`
- [On Crises](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-crises-bww-bs) — *Περὶ Κρίσεων* · `bww-bs`
- [On Critical Days](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-critical-days-bww-ax) — *Περὶ Κρίσιμων Ἡμερῶν* · `bww-ax`
- [On Decent Attire](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-decent-attire-bww-ay) — *Περὶ Εὐσχήμονος Ἐνδύματος* · `bww-ay`
- [On Dentition](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-dentition-bww-bk) — *Περὶ ὀδοντοφυΐας* · `bww-bk`
- [On Diet](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-diet-bww-cd) — *Περὶ διαίτης* · `bww-cd`
- [On Diet in Acute Diseases](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-diet-acute-diseases-bww-af) — *Περὶ διαίτης ἐν τοῖς ὀξέσιν* · `bww-af`
- [On Diseases I-III](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-diseases-bww-av) — *Περὶ νόσων Α'-Γ'* · `bww-av`
- [On Diseases of Virgins](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-diseases-virgins-bww-ak) — *Περὶ παρθενικῶν νόσων* · `bww-ak`
- [On Fistulas](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-fistulas-bww-bn) — *Περὶ συρίγγων* · `bww-bn`
- [On Fractures](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-fractures-bww-bl) — *Περὶ ἀγμῶν* · `bww-bl`
- [On Glands](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-glands-bww-bt) — *Περὶ ἀδένων* · `bww-bt`
- [On Head Wounds](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-head-wounds-bww-bd) — *Περὶ κεφαλῆς τραυμάτων* · `bww-bd`
- [On Healthy Diet](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-healthy-diet-bww-bc) — *Περὶ ὑγιεινῆς διαίτης* · `bww-bc`
- [On Hemorrhoids](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-hemorrhoids-bww-be) — *Περὶ αἱμοῤῥοίδων* · `bww-be`
- [On Humors](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-humors-bww-bu) — *Περὶ χυμῶν* · `bww-bu`
- [On Internal Affections](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-internal-affections-bww-al) — *Περὶ ἐντὸς παθῶν* · `bww-al`
- [On Joints](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-joints-bww-bv) — *Περὶ ἄρθρων* · `bww-bv`
- [On Meats](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-meats-bww-bz) — *Περὶ κρεῶν* · `bww-bz`
- [On Nourishment](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-nourishment-bww-bf) — *Περὶ τροφῆς* · `bww-bf`
- [On Places in Man](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-places-in-man-bww-az) — *Περὶ τόπων ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ* · `bww-az`
- [On Purgatives, Remedies](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-purgatives-remedies-bww-aj) — *Περὶ Καθαρτικῶν* · `bww-aj`
- [On Seed, the Nature of the Child, Diseases IV](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-seed-nature-child-diseases-bww-aa) — *Περὶ σπέρματος, φύσεως παιδίου, νόσων Δ'* · `bww-aa`
- [On Superfetation](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-superfetation-bww-ba) — *Περὶ ἐπιφορήσεως* · `bww-ba`
- [On the Diet of Acute Patients](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-diet-acute-patients-bww-ab) — *Περὶ διαίτης τῶν ὀξέων* · `bww-ab`
- [On the Doctor's Workshop](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-doctors-workshop-bww-ag) — *Περὶ ἰατρεῖου* · `bww-ag`
- [On the Eight-Month Birth](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-eight-month-birth-bww-ah) — *Περὶ ὀκταμηνιαίων* · `bww-ah`
- [On the Excision of the Fetus](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-excision-fetus-bww-ac) — *Περὶ ἐκτομῆς ἐμβρύου* · `bww-ac`
- [On the Heart](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-heart-bww-bm) — *Περὶ Καρδίας* · `bww-bm`
- [On the Nature of Bones](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-nature-bones-bww-am) — *Περὶ Φύσεως Ὀστέων* · `bww-am`
- [On the Nature of Man](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-nature-man-bww-as) — *Περὶ φύσεως ἀνθρώπου* · `bww-as`
- [On the Nature of the Child](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-nature-child-bww-ad) — *Περὶ τῆς φύσεως τοῦ παιδίου* · `bww-ad`
- [On the Nature of Women](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-nature-women-bww-an) — *Περὶ φύσεως γυναικείας* · `bww-an`
- [On the Physician](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-physician-bww-bb) — *Περὶ Ἰατροῦ* · `bww-bb`
- [On the Sacred Disease](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-sacred-disease-bww-ao) — *Περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου* · `bww-ao`
- [On the Seven-Month Foetus](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-seven-month-birth-bww-ar) — *Περὶ Ἑπταμηνίας* · `bww-ar`
- [On the Use of Liquids](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-liquids-bww-ap) — *Περὶ χυλῶν χρήσεως* · `bww-ap`
- [On Ulcers](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-ulcers-bww-bw) — *Περὶ ἑλκῶν* · `bww-bw`
- [On Vision](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-vision-bww-bx) — *Περὶ Ὄψεως* · `bww-bx`
- [On Weeks, Hebdomads](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-weeks-hebdomads-bww-au) — *Περὶ Ἑβδομάδων* · `bww-au`
- [On Winds](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-winds-bww-ca) — *Περὶ πνευμάτων* · `bww-ca`
- [On Women](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-women-bww-cb) — *Περὶ γυναικείων* · `bww-cb`
- [Prognostic](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-prognostic-bww-bp) — *Προγνωστικόν* · `bww-bp`
- [Prorrheticon I](https://eulogikon.org/works/hippocrates-prorrheticon-1-bww-bg) — *Προρρητικόν Α'* · `bww-bg`

## License and provenance

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