ordeal
From LSJ
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
Trial by ordeal: see Soph., Ant. 264, 265. Crisis: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ.
