So ̄sagoras, cited from the 3rd–1st cc. BCE, is known at Amorgas, Nisuros, and at Maroneia
in Thrake ̄ (LGPN 1.420, 4.323).
RE 3A.1 (1927) 1144, F.E. Kind.
GLIM
So ̄sandros (Geog.) (120 BCE – 50 BCE)
A pilot (kuberne ̄te ̄s) who wrote a periplous of or to India, cited only by M
H in his epitome of M P.
FGrHist 714.
PTK
So ̄sandros (Pharm.) (250 BCE – 95 CE)
A P. records in G, CMLoc 4.7 (12.733–734 K. = A A
7.78 [CMG 8.2, p. 328]), his collyrium for milphosis (eyelashes falling off), enduring disorders,
and lesions at the corner of the eyes, compounded from calamine, antimony, khalkitis,
misu, honey, roasted together and then soaked with wine, dried and used. The name is
attested from the 4th–1st cc. BCE (LGPN).
RE 3A.1 (1927) 1145 (#2), F.E. Kind.
GLIM
So ̄sandros (Veterin.)
Mythical inventor of the discipline of horse-medicine. According to the 12th c. CE chronicle
of Geo ̄rgios Kedre ̄nos (ed. I. Bekker, 1.213), So ̄sandros was the brother of H:
the relation of human and veterinary medicine is thus symbolically expressed as a fraternal
one. Kedre ̄nos’ notice echoes an epigram in the Planudean anthology (AP 16.271, ed.
H. Beckby [1958] 446), which elaborates a pun on the names Hippokrate ̄s, “lord of horses,”
and So ̄sandros, “savior of men.” In the 14th c. allegorical poem of Melite ̄niote ̄s (ed.
E. Miller, “Poème allégorique de Meliténiote,” Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque
impériale et autres bibliothèques 19.2 [1862] 71), a statue of So ̄sandros appears among those of
pagan poets, philosophers, sages, and sorcerers. The names Osandros and So ̄stratos in the
title of the Epitome of the Hippiatrika in 15th c. manuscripts (Par. gr. 2091 and 1995, respect-
ively) may refer to this myth; cf. E. Miller, “Notice sur le Ms. grec 2322,” Notices et extraits
21 (1865) 5–6.
McCabe (2007) 11–12.
Anne McCabe
So ̄sigene ̄s (I) (ca 75 – 25 BCE)
An Alexandrian astronomer credited by P (18.210–212) with helping C in his
reform of the Roman calendar in 46 BCE, a reform that involved abandoning the quasi-lunar
calendar then in use and adopting a solar calendar of 365 days with an intercalary day (the
bissextile) every fourth year. Pliny also reports that So ̄sigene ̄s aided Caesar in preparing a
parape ̄gma and wrote three commentaries on it.
R. Hannah, Greek and Roman Calendars (2005) 113–114.
Alan C. Bowen
SO ̄SANDROS (GEOG.)