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John ScarboroughA ⇒ (1) I; (2) V
Agrippa of Bithunia (92 CE)
P, Synt. 7.3, records Agrippa’s observation of the occultation by the moon of part
of the Pleiades.
BNP 1 (2002) 393 (#4), W. Hübner.
PTK
Ahrun ibn-Ayan al-Qass (ca 600 – 640 CE)
Known from Arabic sources as an Alexandrian physician living in the early 7th c. He wrote
a medical compendium said to have been translated into Syriac by an unknown GWSYWS
(Gessios? cf. GAS 3 [1970] 160–161) and later translated into Arabic in the late 7th or early
8th c. as al-Kunna ̄sˇ. It discussed causes, symptoms, and treatments for diseases. Mined by
later Arabic authors for material, some of its contents can be gathered from the numerous
citations.
GAS 3 (1970) 166–168; Ullmann (1972) 23, 87–89; A. Dietrich, “Ahrun (Ahru ̄n) b. Ayan al-K.ass,”
Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed., Supplement Vol. (1980) 52; NP 12/2.884–885, Chr. Schulze.
Kevin van Bladel
A ⇒ A
Aigeias of Hierapolis (ca 200 BCE – 460 CE)
Wrote an epitome of E’s Elements, combining theorems, according to P, In
Eucl. p. 361 Fr. For the name, compare only LGPN 3A.17, Aigeia of Surakousai (3rd–5th
cc. CE).
Netz (1997) #74.
PTK
Aigimios of E ̄lis (325 – 300 BCE)
Greek physician, perhaps the first to write a work on pulse: G Diff. Puls. 1.2, 4.11
(8.498, 751–752 K.) knew a work On throbbing under his name; Aigimios thought diseases
arise from residues (perittomata) and nourishment (L 13.21–14.3). The
residues are normally eliminated through the bodily secretions, but under certain conditions
AIGIMIOS OF E ̄LIS