P. De Lagarde, Symmicta 1 (1874) 166–176; RE 1.1 (1893) 715–716 (#7), M. Wellmann; BNP 1 (2002)
300 – 301 (#1), V. Nutton.
Mauro de Nardis
Africanus (Pharm.) (ca 40 – 30 BCE)
Both Africanus’ name and work are attested only by manuscript tradition. In a Greek codex
containing an excerpt on medical matters and antidotes from A P, Africanus,
hypothetically a pharmacologist or a physician, is referred to as an eyewitness, “under king
Antigonos” of how citron can act as antidote to any poison. Since Africanus is a name not
commonly used before the 2nd c. BCE (Kajanto, Latin Cognomina [1965] 205–206), probably
the reference is to Antigonos of Judea, who ruled 40– 37 BCE.
E. Rohde, “Aelius Promotus,” RhM 28 (1873) 287; RE 1.1 (1893) 715–716 (#7), M. Wellmann; BNP 1
(2002) 300–301 (#1), V. Nutton.
Mauro de Nardis
Aganis (520 – 550 CE)
Cited by S, In Eucl. Elem. I (preserved solely in Arabic), as a companion, and as
following P A on defining the angle. The name seems to be Egyptian
(Coptic), not Greek.
DPA 1 (1989) 60–62, R. Goulet and M. Aouad.
PTK
Agape ̄tós (200 – 560 CE)
A T (2.529–531 Puschm.) and P A 7.11.59 (CMG
9.2, pp. 312–313) record two versions of Agape ̄tós’ 15-ingredient gout remedy, both con-
taining aloes, saffron, malabathron, myrrh, pimpernel, peony, spikenard, etc., but differ-
ing in five ingredients. The rare name is likely Christian, though cf. Iliad 6.401.
RE 1.1 (1893) 734 (#2), M. Wellmann.
PTK
Agapios of Alexandria (470 – 510 CE)
D’ Life of Isidore describes the very erudite and admired medical scholar, who
migrated to Constantinople and there became wealthy from his work (Pho ̄tios, Bibl. 242.298
[352a34–b2]; Souda A-158), perhaps to be distinguished from the homonymous coeval neo-
Platonist, Souda A-157, who taught I P.
DPA 1 (1989) 63, R. Goulet.
PTK
Agatharkhide ̄s of Knidos (ca 200 – 140 BCE)
Agatharkhide ̄s was a historian and grammarian. Born in Knidos (Cnidus), he was raised in
the household of a councilor of Ptolemy VI named K and was the protégé of the
historian and diplomat H “L,” whom he served as personal secretary
and reader. Nothing is known about his life except that he was a Peripatetic like his patron
AFRICANUS (PHARM.)