Apollophanes ( grc, Ἀπολλοφάνης) was a native of
Seleucia
Seleucia (; grc-gre, Σελεύκεια), also known as or , was a major Mesopotamian city of the Seleucid empire. It stood on the west bank of the Tigris River, within the present-day Baghdad Governorate in Iraq.
Name
Seleucia ( grc-gre, Σ ...
, and physician to
Antiochus the Great
Antiochus III the Great (; grc-gre, Ἀντίoχoς Μέγας ; c. 2413 July 187 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic king and the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 222 to 187 BC. He ruled over the region of Syria and large parts of the re ...
, king of Syria, from 223 to 187 BCE, with whom, as appears from
Polybius
Polybius (; grc-gre, Πολύβιος, ; ) was a Greek historian of the Hellenistic period. He is noted for his work , which covered the period of 264–146 BC and the Punic Wars in detail.
Polybius is important for his analysis of the mixed ...
, he possessed considerable influence.
Physician
Richard Mead
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...
, in his ''Dissert. de Nummis quibusdam a Smyrnaeis in Medicorum Honorem percussis'' (Lond. 1724, 4to.), thinks that two bronze coins, struck in honor of a person named Apollophanes, refer to the physician of this name; but this is now generally considered to be a mistake. A physician of the same name is mentioned by several ancient medical writers.
[C. G. Kühn, ''Additam. ad Elenchum Medicorum Veterum a Jo. A. Fabricio'', &c, exhibitum, Lips. 4to., 1826. Fascic. iii. p. 8]
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2nd-century BC people
3rd-century BC people
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