Herodotus (physician)
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Herodotus was the name of more than one physician in the time of ancient Greece
and Rome
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Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
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Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
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- A pupil of AthenaeusAthenaeus of CiliciaAthenaeus of Attalia , was a physician, and the founder of the Pneumatic school of medicine. He was born in Cilicia, at Attalia according to Galen, or at Tarsus according Caelius Aurelianus...
, or perhaps AgathinusAgathinusAgathinus was an eminent ancient Greek physician, the founder of a new medical sect, to which he gave the name of Episynthetici.He was born at Sparta and must have lived in the 1st century AD, as he was the pupil of Athenaeus, and the tutor of Archigenes...
, who belonged to the Pneumatic schoolPneumatic schoolThe Pneumatic school of medicine was an ancient school of medicine in ancient Greece and Rome. They were founded in Rome by Athenaeus of Cilicia, in the 1st century AD....
. He probably lived towards the end of the 1st century AD, and lived at RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, where he practised medicine with great success. He wrote some medical works, which are several times quoted by GalenGalenAelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus , better known as Galen of Pergamon , was a prominent Roman physician, surgeon and philosopher...
and OribasiusOribasiusOribasius or Oreibasius was a Greek medical writer and the personal physician of the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate. He studied at Alexandria under physician Zeno of Cyprus before joining Julian's retinue. He was involved in Julian's coronation in 361, and remained with the emperor until...
, but of which only some fragments remain.
- The son of Arieus, a native either of TarsusTarsus (city)Tarsus is a historic city in south-central Turkey, 20 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea. It is part of the Adana-Mersin Metropolitan Area, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Turkey with a population of 2.75 million...
or PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia (disambiguation)Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia may also refer to:-United States:*Philadelphia, Indiana*Philadelphia, Mississippi*Philadelphia , New York...
, who probably belonged to the Empiric schoolEmpiric schoolThe Empiric school of medicine was an ancient school of medicine in ancient Greece and Rome. They were so called from the word empeiria because they professed to derive their knowledge from experiences only, and in doing so set themselves in opposition to the Dogmatic school...
. He was a pupil of Menodotus of NicomediaMenodotus of NicomediaMenodotus of Nicomedia in Bithynia, was a physician; a pupil of Antiochus of Laodicea; and tutor to Herodotus of Tarsus. He belonged to the Empirical school, and lived probably about the beginning of the 2nd century. He refuted some of the opinions of Asclepiades of Bithynia, and was exceedingly...
, and tutor to Sextus EmpiricusSextus EmpiricusSextus Empiricus , was a physician and philosopher, and has been variously reported to have lived in Alexandria, Rome, or Athens. His philosophical work is the most complete surviving account of ancient Greek and Roman skepticism....
, and lived therefore in the 2nd century AD.
- The physician mentioned by Galen, together with EuryphonEuryphonEuryphon, , a celebrated Greek physician of Cnidos in Caria, who was probably born in the former half of the 5th century BC, as Soranus says that he was a contemporary of Hippocrates, but older. Soranus also says that he and Hippocrates were summoned to the court of Perdiccas II of Macedon; but...
, as having recommended human milk in cases of consumption, was probably a different person from either of the preceding, and may have been a contemporary of Euryphon in the 5th century BC.