# History of the 4 Temperaments

Trace the four temperaments from ancient Greek medicine through modern personality psychology.

The history of the four temperaments runs from Hippocrates and Galen through later personality frameworks. Use this article to understand where Choleric, Sanguine, Melancholic, and Phlegmatic language came from before taking the modern FourType temperament test.

## Keep exploring temperament tests

- [Temperament Quiz](https://www.fourtype.com/temperament-quiz) - Use the quiz-focused path to identify your four temperaments pattern.
- [What Is My Temperament?](https://www.fourtype.com/what-is-my-temperament) - Compare the signs of each temperament before taking the quiz.
- [Personality Temperament Test](https://www.fourtype.com/personality-temperament-test) - Understand temperament as a practical layer of personality.
- [Free Temperament Test](https://www.fourtype.com/free-temperament-test) - See what the free FourType result includes.
- [4 Temperament Test](https://www.fourtype.com/4-temperament-test) - Compare Choleric, Sanguine, Melancholic, and Phlegmatic.
- [FourType Methodology](https://www.fourtype.com/methodology) - How the temperament test is scored and interpreted.
- [Temperament Test Accuracy](https://www.fourtype.com/blog/temperament-test-accuracy) - How to judge quiz reliability without overclaiming.