De tabe et phthisi pronunciata

this, indeed, it will be easy to gather from the diatribōn kai syzētēseōn iatrikōn medical discourses and discussions, however rude the simulation, with what faith, dexterity, diligence, and industry the leaders of this illustrious Academy, especially the protostatai chiefs/leaders of the Asclepian order, watch over the comforts and progress of those learning. For in the way that standard-bearers and sturdy leaders ignite and stimulate the spirits of their soldiers toward the palm of victory and triumph through frequent skirmishes and playful simulations of battle, those men press no less sluggishly upon this Apollinean work. They are held by no less care, so that they may educate those committed to their faith diligently, faithfully, and actively, lest they seem to have failed them in any respect. Therefore, the monthly disputations of students of medicine, the vernal and autumnal rhizotomiai root-cuttings/botanical dissections, winter anatomy lessons, and also the philotesia friendly/convivial meals have been introduced. By these, spirits are bound together by mutual inclination and charity, and bodies tired from the long-drawn-out conflicts of public disputations are refreshed not by Pindaric or Homeric, but more truly by Pythagorean preparation. Throats exacerbated by hoarseness from excessive contention of the voice are soothed, and the loss of spirits is restored by that nepenthe a drug of forgetfulness which Helen mixed with wine, so that the draught of the liquor, created for joy, is applied to the mixing bowl, with the addition not only of Nymphs but also of Muses.