Newsgroups: soc.culture.greek
From: ccc@cs.toronto.edu ("Christina C. Christara")
Subject: Re:  REQUEST:  Hippocratic Oath in Greek
Followup-To: soc.culture.greek
Keywords: Hippocrates, Asklepios, Hygiene
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Date: 2 Oct 92 22:55:02 GMT

Hippocrates' oath in Greek.
(Rough meaning in English.)

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8, 0 - theta lower, upper
3    - ksi
h    - eta

Omnuw Apollwna ihtron kai Asklhpion kai Ygeian kai Panakeian
kai 0eous te kai pasas Istoras poieumenos eiptelea poihsein
kata dunamin kai krisin emhn orkon tonde kai 3uggrafhn thnde

(I swear to Apollo, Asklepios, Hygiene, Cure and all Gods and Goddesses
making them my witnesses, that I will keep this to all my ability
and judgement.)

Hghsas8ai te ton dida3anta me thn texnhn tauthn isa genethisin
emoisin kai biou koinwsas8ai kai xrewn xrhizonti metadosin
poihsas8ai kai genos to e3 autou adelfeois ison epikrineein
arresei kai dida3ein thn texnhn tauthn, hn xrhizwsi man8anein,
aneu mis8ou kai 3uggrafhs, paraggelihs te kai akrohsios
kai ths loiphs apashs ma8hsios metadosin poihsas8ai
uioisi te emoisi kai toisi tou eme dida3antos kai ma8htaisi
suggegrammenois te kai wrkismenois nomwi ihtrikwi, allwi de oudemi.

(To consider him, who has taught me this knowledge, as equal to
my father and provide him with any help and money he might need,
to consider his descendants equal to my brothers,
to teach them this knowledge without a fee and covenant,
and to give oral instructions to them and to whoever
student of this art has signed a covenant and has sweared
the medial law, and to noone else.)

Diaithmasi te xrhsomai ep' wfeleihi kamnontwn kata dunamin kai krisin emhn.
Epi dhlhsei de kai adikihi eir3ein.

(I will apply diet measures for the benefit of the sick
according to my judgement. I will save them from harm and injustice.)

Ou dwsw de oude farmakon oudeni aith8eis 8avasimon oude ufhfhsomai
3umboulihn toihnde. Omoiws de oude gunaiki pesson f8orion dwsw.
Agnws de kai osiws diathrhsw bion emon kai texnhn emhn.

(I will never give a deadly medicine, even if I asked to,
neither will I give advice for such a medicine.
Similarly, I will never give an abortive medicine to a woman.
I will keep my life and art pure and holy.)

Ou temew de oude mhn li8iwntas, ekkxwrisw de ergathisin andrasin
prh3ios thsde.
(I will not use the knife, not even if the person suffers from stone,
but I will withdraw from such acts.)

Es oikias de okosas an esiw, eseleusomai ep' wfeleihi kamnontwn
ektos ewn pashs adikihs ekousihs kai f8orihs ths te allhs kai
afrodisiwn ergwn epi te gunaikiwn swmatwn kai andreiwn eleu8erwn
te kai doulwn.

(Whatever house I will visit, I will do that for the benefit
of the sick and keep away from any injustice, including
sexual relations with patients, women and men, free and slaves.)

A d' an en 8erapeihi h idw h akousw h kai aneu 8eraphihs kata
bion an8rwpwn, a mh xrh pote eklalees8ai e3w, sighsomai arrhta
hgeumenos einai ta toiauta.

(Whatever I may hear during the treatment, or even outside it,
about the life of patients, which should not be spread around,
I will keep them for myself, and consider shameful to speak about
them.)

Orkon men oun moi tonde epitelea poieonti kai 3ugxeonti eih
epauras8ai kai biou kai texnhs do3azomenwi para pasin an8rwpois
es ton aiei xronon, parabainonti de kai epiorkounti tanantia toutewn.

(If I fulfill this oath and do not violate it, I may enjoy my life
and art among all people and forever; if I violate it may the opposite
happen to me.)

"O bios braxus, h de texnh makrh"
("Life is short, the art long")
Hippocrates 460-377 BC.

C. Christara

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