100 plint's natural history. [Book XI. 



Foreign authors quoted.— Aristotle, 89 Democritus, 90 Neop- 

 tolemus 91 who wrote the Meliturgica, Aristomachus 92 who 

 wrote on the same subject, Philistus 93 who wrote on the same 

 subiect, Meander, 91 Menecrates, 95 Dionysius 96 who translated 

 Mago, Empedocles, 97 Callimaehus, 98 King Attains, 99 Apollo- - 

 dorns 1 who wrote on venomous animals, Hippocrates, 2 Hero- 

 philus, 3 Erasistratus, 4 Asclepiades, 5 Themison, 6 Posidomus 7 the 

 Stoic Menander 8 of Priene and Menander 9 of Heraclea, Eu- 

 phronius 10 of Athens, Theophrastus, 11 Hesiod, 12 King Philo- 

 metor. 13 



with Balbus, he acted in Spain. Of his numerous biographical and his- 

 torical works, none have survived to our time. 



99 See end of B. ii. 90 See end of B n. . 



9 1 Probably Neoptolemus of Paros, who wrote a book ot Epigrams, a 

 treatise on Languages, and other works. 



92 Of Soli, an observer of the habits of bees. His portrait is said still 

 to exist, on a cornelian, attentively observing a swarm of bees. He wrote 

 upon bees, honey, and the art of mixing wines. 



93 Probably a different writer from the one mentioned at the end ot 

 B viii • nothing seems to be known of him. 91 See end of B. vm. 



95 See end of B. viii. 96 See end of B. x. 



97 A philosopher of Agrigentum, and disciple of Pythagoras. He is 

 said to have perished in the crater of Mount Etna. He wrote numerous 

 works, of which only some fragments exist. 



98 See end of B. iv. Q 



99 Apparently the same as the King Philometor, mentioned below.- bee 



end of B. viii. 



1 Of this writer nothing seems to be known. 



2 See end of B. vii. . 



3 Of Chalcedon, one of the most famous physicians ot antiquity. Jle 

 was physician to Phalaris, the tyrant of Sicily, and is said to have dis- 

 sected criminals alive. He was the first that paid particular attention to 

 the nervous system. . 



4 A native of Iulis, in Cos, or else Ceos, grandson of Aristotle, ana 

 disciple of Theophrastus. He acquired great reputation as a physician, at 

 the court of Seleucus Nicator, king of Syria, where be discovered the sup- 

 posed disease of Prince Antiochus, who had fallen in love with his step- 

 mother, Stratonice. Of his numerous medical works, only the titles and 

 a few fragments exist. 5 See end of B. vn. 



« A physician of Laodicsea, founder of the school of the Methodici. He 

 was a pupil of Asclepiades, and died about b.c. 43. Of his medical works 

 only a few fragments survive. 7 See end of B. u. 



* See end of B. viii. 9 See end of B. ym. 



jo See end of B. viii. " See end of B. m. 



12 See end of B. vii. 13 See King Attains, above. 



