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pliny's natural history. 
[Book XI. 
EoEEiGiT ATJTHOES QUOTED. — Aristotle,^^ Democritus,^^ ^^eop- 
tolemus^^ who wrote the Meliturgica, Aristomachus^^ who 
wrote on the same subject, Philistus^^ who wrote on the same 
subject, Nicander,^^ Menecrates,^^ Dionysius^^ who translated 
Mago, Empedocles,^^ Callimachus,^^ King Attains, ApoUo- 
dorus^ who wrote on venomous animals, Hippocrates,^ Hero- 
philus,^ Erasistratus,^ Asclepiades,^ Themison,® Posidonius^ the 
Stoic, Menander^ of Priene and Menander^ of Heraclea, Eu- 
phronius^^ of Athens, Theophrastus,^^ Hesiod,^^ King Philo- 
metor.^^ 
■with Balbus, he acted in Spain. Of his numerous biographical and his- 
torical works, none have survived to our time. 
See end of B. ii. so See end of B. ii. 
®^ Probably Neoptolemus of Pares, who wrote a book of Epigrams, a 
treatise on Languages, and other works. 
^- 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. 
^2 Probably a difierent writer from the one mentioned at the end of 
B. viii. ; nothing seems to be known of him. See end of B. viii. 
95 See end of B. viii. gee end of B. x. 
9'' 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. 
^9 Apparently the same as the King Philometor, mentioned below^ See 
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 of antiquity. He , 
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 i 
the nervous system. | 
^ A native of lulis, in Cos, or else Ceos, grandson of Aristotle, and i 
disciple of Theophrastus. He acquired great reputation as a physician, at i 
the court of Seleucus Nicator, king of Syria, where he discovered the sup- 1 
posed disease of Prince Antiochus, who had fallen in love with his step- ji 
mother, Stratonice. Of his numerous medical works, only the titles and I 
a few fragments exist. ^ See end of B. vii. I 
^ 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. See end of B. ii. 
s See end of B. viii. ^ g^e end of B. viii. 
See end of B. viii. n See end of B. iii. 
^2 See end of B. vii. i3 ggg j^ing Attains, above. 
