Eume ̄los of The ̄bai (before ca 350 CE?)
Author of a treatise on the medical treatment of horses and cows, preserved in excerpts as
one of the seven principal sources of the Hippiatrika. Striking instances of near-verbatim
correspondence with C, P, and V illustrate
Eume ̄los’ dependence upon the agricultural tradition, and imply that he copied his source
or sources uncritically. Through A, Eume ̄los’ advice reappears in the treatises of
T and H, as well as in the Latin M C.
Apsurtos’ use of Eume ̄los provides a mid-4th c. CE terminus ante quem. Unlike the agricultural
manuals, which cover a wide array of subjects, Eume ̄los’ treatise apparently focused on
veterinary treatments. Apsurtos calls him hippiatros megalos, implying that Eume ̄los was not
simply a compiler but also a practitioner. Apsurtos also refers to him as The ̄baios, but without
specifying which of the numerous cities named The ̄bai was Eume ̄los’ home. Hierokle ̄s,
following Apsurtos, mentions Eume ̄los by name; but no other authors do so.
CHG vv.1– 2 passim; J.N. Adams, “Pelagonius, Eumelus, and a lost Latin veterinary writer,” Mémoires du
Centre Jean Palerne 5 (1984) 7–32; McCabe (2007) 98–121.
Anne McCabe
Eunapios of Sarde ̄s (375 – 420 CE)
Greek historian (b. ca 345 CE?) who wrote an account of the period 270– 404 CE (now lost)
and a Lives of the Sophists, dealing mainly with contemporary Neo-Platonists and intel-
lectual life in Constantinople and Asia Minor.
Ed.: Blockley v. 2 (1983); W.C. Wright, Lives of the Sophists (1922).
R.J. Penella, Greek Philosophers and Sophists in the Fourth Century A.D.: Studies in Eunapius of Sardis (1990);
R. Goulet, Études sur les vies de philosophes dans l’antiquité tardive. Diogène Laerce, Porphyre de Tyr, Eunape de
Sardes (2001).
Jørgen Mejer
Eunomos Askle ̄piadean (1 – 50 CE)
So called by A P. in G CMGen 5.14 [13.850.17 K.]). Askle ̄piade ̄s
describes three of his dry healing ointments (see ibid. 851.1–2, 11–15; 852.8–11 K.).
RE 6.1 (1907) 1133 (#9), M. Wellmann.
Jean-Marie Jacques
Eunomos of Khios (380 – 300 BCE)
Drug merchant active in Athens before T’ time. A the paradox-
ographer (Mirab. 50) tells the same anecdote as Theophrastos (HP 9.17.2–3) using the name
Eunomos, whereas Theophrastos calls him Eude ̄mos (§3), though here he seems to be
mistaken, having mentioned in §2 Eude ̄mos, another pharmakopo ̄le ̄s who could be one of
Eunomos’ contemporaries. Apollo ̄nios explains Eunomos’s ability to resist the effects of
hellebore by his progressive addiction to the drug, in conformity with one of Theophrastos’
teachings in the chapter quoted. Theophrastos however states that he used an antidote.
RE 6.1 (1907) 904 (#16), M. Wellmann.
Jean-Marie Jacques
EUME ̄LOS OF THE ̄BAI