Olympicus
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Olympicus or Olympiacus was a physician of Miletus of the 1st century AD.[1][2]
He belonged to the sect of the Methodici, although he did not fully embrace their doctrines (Galen). He was the tutor of Apollonius of Cyprus.[1]
Head of the methodical school in Alexandria, during the reign of Vespasian.[3]
Galen described him as a frivolous person.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b William Alexander Greenhill (Trinity College, Oxford) (1873). A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 3 (ed. W.Smith). J. Murray, 1873. p. 23. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ^ a b Pliny the Elder (1857). The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (p.468). H. G. Bohn, 1857. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ^ Tertullian - Quinti Septimi Florentis Tertulliani De Anima BRILL, 1 Dec 2009 (reprint) ISBN 9004169040 (Editor JJ Hendrik Waszink) [Retrieved 2015-0410]
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