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Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

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3.5 The importance of location

The open pages of an illustrated manuscript decorated in gold and other bright colours.

Figure _unit1.3.7 Figure 12 Hippocrates’ Aphorismi manuscript

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Image of the open pages of an illustrated manuscript, possibly late fifteenth century, decorated in gold and other bright colours. The page on the left has a colourful picture of three figures in a landscape with deer, trees and a small town in the background. On the page to the right is the highly decorated text with an ornately patterned border.

Figure 12 Hippocrates’ Aphorismi manuscript

In the next activity, you will look at the work of Hippocrates to think about diet.

Activity _unit1.3.2 Activity 9

Return to the Perseus Project here and find the list of works attributed to Hippocrates. Select ‘Hippocrates Collected Works I (English)’ and go to the treatise Airs Waters Places. Select ‘Part 1’ and read what it says about the importance of the location of a town and the way of life of those who live there.

What does this tell you about ancient diet?

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You will return to diet in Week 3.