Book 1
FIRST CONSTITUTION
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IN Thasos during autumn, about the time of the equinox to near the setting of the Pleiades,ὑπδ in expressions denoting time seems in Hippocrates to mean about or during. The period is roughly from September 21 to November 8. there were many rains, gently continuous, with southerly winds. Winter southerly,That is, the winds were generally from the south, and such north winds as blew were light. north winds light, droughts; on the whole, the winter was like a spring. Spring southerly and chilly; slight showers. Summer in general cloudy. No rain. Etesian winds few, light and irregular.
