来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：1600年后西方社会的流行病第2集第2集》

Hippocrates became a cult figure,

希波克拉底成了传奇
an object of veneration and almost worship.

一个尊敬到几近崇拜的偶像
Hippocrates,

希波克拉底
about whom so little was known in his personal life,

他的私人生活鲜有人知
was now endowed with all manner of apocryphal virtues.

现在被赋予各种各样伪造的美德
He was idealized as a model of wisdom,

他被理想化为智慧的模范
courage, temperance, humanity and honesty.

勇气节制人道正直
Mythologies developed about his religious piety,

他对宗教的虔诚
his heroism and his hard work.

他的英雄气概和努力工作如同神话一般
There was a legend that he was descended,

传说他的出身
on his father's side,

他的父亲
from the god Asclepius,

是阿斯克勒庇俄斯的后代