and diurnal signs (Sagittarius omitted: M 1.150–154, 2.358–384, cf. A
Met. 1.5 [986a]) in accord with the Pythagorean theory that odd numbers are masculine.
Praxidike ̄, exactor of justice, is identified with Persephone in the Orphic tradition (Paus.
9.33.3).
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GLIM
T. A ufidius of Sicily (ca 100 – 50 BCE)
Listed by P D among the medical notables resident in
Durrakhion (S B, Ethnika s.v. “Durrakhion” [Meineke, p. 245]), a
sectator of A, likely the Titus Asclepiadis sectator in C A, Acute
2.158, and Chronic 3.78 (pp. 239 and 761 Drabkin; CML 6.1, pp. 238, 726). Nothing else
survives of his books on chronic diseases or his two-volume De anima (sc. Peri psukhe ̄s, “mental
illness”). Aufidius thought it beneficial to flog a mental patient (here afflicted with mania), or
to put him in chains, starve and deny him water, then after a time entice him with wine and
the prospect of sex (Cael. Aur., Chron., 1.179 [CML 6.1, p. 536]: tunc uino corrumpi, uel in
amorem induci); sex is again recommended in treating jaundice (Chron., 3.78 [above]), since it
“relaxed the flesh” (laxationem carnis faciendum). It is little wonder that Askle ̄piade ̄s and his
students were popular among their Roman patients.
RE 2.2 (1896) 2290 (#13), M. Wellmann.
John Scarborough
A ⇒ A A
A ⇒ I C O
Auidianus (200 – 650 CE)
I A, In Galeni Sect. (pp. 15–16 P., cf. D K fr.13c
van der Eijk), lists Methodists: “T, T, D, MANASEVS (sc.
M), P, OLIMPICVS (i.e., O), M, AVIDIANVS.”
Although the name is attested in the mid-3rd c. CE, Cod. Iust. 9.2.6 (RE 2.2 [1896] 2378,
P. von Rohden), if for –ID- we restore –REL- we have AVRELIANVS, i.e. a reference to
C A. (Cf. A T, S A.)
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PTK
Postumius Rufius Festus Auienus of Volsinii (340 – 380 CE)
Roman aristocrat and poet, whose work includes translations of the astronomical poem
Phainomena by A and of the geographical poem by D P, Descrip-
tio orbis terrae. He also wrote a poem De ora maritima, in which he follows the model of a
periplous and describes regions in the order of travel along the coastline. Only the part
describing regions of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea from Brittany to
Marseille survives. Scholars debate whether the poem is based on older periploi or later
compilations.
POSTUMIUS RUFIUS FESTUS AUIENUS OF VOLSINII