suMMAiir. 301 



who wrote in Greek, Julius Bassus ' who wrote in Greek, 

 Celsus,^ Antonius Castor.^ 



FoEEiGN- AUTHORS QroTED. — Democritus,^" Theophrastus,^^ 

 Orpheus,^- Menanrler^^ who wrote the " Biochresta/* Pytha- 

 goras/^ Nicander,^^ 



Mr-DicAL AUTHORS QUOTED. — Chrj'sippus/^ Diocles," Ophe- 

 lion/^ Heraclides/^ Hieesius,-^ Bionysins,-^ Apollodorus ^^ of 

 Citium, Apollodorus^^ of Tarentum, Praxagoras,^^ Plistoni- 



■^ Supposed by some to be the same with the Bassiis Tiillius mentioned 

 by ancient writers as the friend of Niger, possibly the Sextius Niger here 

 mentioned. ^ See end of B. vii. 



9 He lived at Rome in the first century of tlie Christian era, and pos- 

 sessed a botanical garden, probably the earhest mentioned. He hvod 

 more than a hundred years, in perfect health both of body and mind. See 

 B. XXV. c. 5. 10 Sgg g^(i Qf Q ii_ 



11 See end of B. iii. 



1- A mystic personage of the early Grecian Mythology, under whose 

 name many spurious works were circulated. Pliny says, B. xxv. c. 2, that 

 he was the first who wrote with any degree of attention on the subject of 

 Plants. 13 Sgg gj^d of g_ xix. 



1^ See end of B. ii. i^ See end of B. viii. 



16 Probably Chrysippus of Cnidos, a pupil of Eudoxus and Philistion, 

 father of Chrysippus, the physician to Ptolemy Soter, and tutor to Erasis- 

 tratus. Others, again, think that the work "on the Cabbage," mentioned 

 by Plinv in c. 33, was written by anotlier Chrysippus, a pupil of Erasis- 

 tratus, in the third century b.c. 



■^ A native of Carystus, in Eubcea, who lived in the fourth century b.c. 

 He belonged to the medical sect of the Dogmatici, and wrote several medi- 

 cal works, of which the titles only and a few fragments remain. 



18 Of this writer nothing whatever is known. 



13 For Heraclides of Heraclea, see end of B. xii. ; for Heraclides of 

 Pontus, see end of B. iv. ; and for Heraclides of Tarentum, see end of B. 

 m. They were all physicians. 



"0 See end of B. xv. _ 21 gee end of B. xii. 



2 It was probably this personage, or the one next mentioned, who wrote 

 io Ptolemy, one of the kings of Egypt, giving him directions as to what 

 >vines he should drink. See B. xiv. c. 9. A person of this name wrote a 

 ivork on Ointments and Chaplets, qu.ted by Athenaeus, and another on 

 V^enomous Animals, quoted by the same author. This last is probably the 

 rt^ork referred to by Pliny, B. xxi. cc. 16, 29, &c. It has been suggested 

 ilso, that the proper reading here is " Apollonius" of Citium, a pupil of 

 ^opyrus, a physician of Alexandria. 



'■^3 See the preceding Note. 



21 A celebrated physician, a native of the island of Cos. He belonged 

 o the medical sect of the Dogmatici, and flourished probably in the fourth 

 century b.c. He was more particularly celebrated for his comparatively 

 iccurate knowledge of anatomy. The titles only and a few fragments oV 

 lis works survive. 



