Hippocrates ( el, Ἱπποκράτης) was the name of several
physician
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s in the time of
Ancient Greece
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, some of whom were in the same family as the celebrated
Hippocrates of Kos
Hippocrates of Kos (; grc-gre, Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; ), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of ...
(Hippocrates II).
*Hippocrates I. The grandfather of Hippocrates II. He was the eldest son of Gnosidicus, the brother of Podaleirius and Aeneius, and the father of Heraclides, the father of Hippocrates. He lived in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. Some ancient writers attributed to him the two works ''De Fracturis'' and ''De Articulis'', while others contended that he wrote nothing at all.
*Hippocrates II of Kos, usually known simply as
Hippocrates
Hippocrates of Kos (; grc-gre, Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; ), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history o ...
. Grandson of Hippocrates I, and the most celebrated physician of ancient Greece.
*Hippocrates III. The son of
Thessalus
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*Thessalus, son of Haemon,Strabo, 9.5.23 son of Chlorus, son of Pelasgus.
*Thessalus, son of Poseidon ...
, the brother of
Draco II, and the grandson of Hippocrates II. He lived in the 4th century BC. He is said by the ''
Suda'' to have written some medical works.
*Hippocrates IV. According to
Galen (Latin: Galenus), he was the son of
Draco I, and the grandson of Hippocrates II; he lived in the 4th century BC, and is said to have written some medical works. The Suda, which may be confused, makes him the son of Draco II, (and therefore, the great-grandson of Hippocrates II), and the father of
Draco III. He is said to have been one of the physicians to
Roxana
Roxana (c. 340 BC – 310 BC, grc, Ῥωξάνη; Old Iranian: ''*Raṷxšnā-'' "shining, radiant, brilliant"; sometimes Roxanne, Roxanna, Rukhsana, Roxandra and Roxane) was a Sogdian or a Bactrian princess whom Alexander the Great married ...
, the wife of
Alexander the Great
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, and to have died at the hands of
Cassander
Cassander ( el, Κάσσανδρος ; c. 355 BC – 297 BC) was king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia from 305 BC until 297 BC, and ''de facto'' ruler of southern Greece from 317 BC until his death.
A son of Antipater and a conte ...
, the son of
Antipater.
*Hippocrates V and VI. According to the Suda, Thymbraeus of Kos had two sons named Hippocrates, each of whom wrote some medical works. Their date is unknown.
*Hippocrates VII. The son of Praxianax of Kos. He wrote some medical works.
[''Suda'', "Hippocrates", ι569]
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Physicians of Alexander the Great
People who died under the regency of Cassander
5th-century BC Greek physicians
4th-century BC Greek physicians
Ancient Koans
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