D ⇒ D
Dasius (120 BCE – 80 CE)
Cited by Martial 6.70.6, along with A and Symmachus (cf. 5.9, 7.18.10), presumably
as an instance of some medical genus other than surgeon. A twice cites a
Dareios, who may be the same person: G CMLoc 7.3 (13.69 K.), a febrifuge of saffron,
henbane, myrrh, poppy juice, pepper, etc.; and CMGen 5.12 (13.832), a suppository of
acacia, myrrh, poppy juice, pepper, etc.
RE 4.2 (1901) 2219 (#3), A. Stein; Korpela (1987) 186.
PTK
D (P) ⇒ E (P)
De ̄ïleo ̄n (250 BCE – 95 CE)
A P., in G CMGen 4.13 (13.744–745 K.), records his remedy for
infected head-wounds: copper flakes (D 5.78–79), frankincense, and dry resin,
ground fine into vinegar, and dried away from light, applied with beeswax. For the rare
name, cf. Apollo ̄nios of Rhodes 2.955–956 (of Trikka), Daïleo ̄n (LGPN 1.112, 2.98, 3B.95),
and perhaps De ̄ïlleo ̄s (LGPN 1.123).
Fabricius (1726) 136.
PTK
Deino ̄n of Kolopho ̄n (360 – 330 BCE)
The “Dio ̄n of Kolopho ̄n” whom both V, RR 1.1.8, and C, 1.1.9, regard as
an agricultural authority is probably identical to the Deino ̄n/Dino ̄n of Kolopho ̄n, who
wrote a history of Persia in three books; the evidence for this comes from P’s equivoca-
tion on the spelling of the name in his index, 8, 10, 12, 14–15, 17–18. He is often cited as an
expert on wild trees, and he seems to have given special attention to cultivation of myrtle.
His work may also have included discussion of livestock, poultry, and cereals among the
Persians. He was the father of the historian Kleitarkhos.
Ed.: FGrHist 690.
RE 5.1 (1903) 708 (#20), M. Wellmann, with 654 (#2) E. Schwartz.
Philip Thibodeau
Deinostratos of Prokonessos (365 – 325 BCE)
Pupil of E and associate of P, who, with his brother M
P and A H, “made the whole of geometry more perfect
(or complete)” (P In Eucl. p. 67.8–12 Fr.). P, saying that Deinostratos,
N, and some later people used a line called the quadratix (tetrago ̄nizousa gramme ̄)
for squaring the circle, proceeds to describe the line and its use (Collection 4.30 [pp. 250– 252
Hultsch]). No other ancient source associates Deinostratos with the quadratix. S
(in Cat. = CAG 8 [1907] 190.20–21, quoting I; cf. in Phys. = CAG 9 [1882]
60.12–13) links it with Nikome ̄de ̄s, and Proklos (In Eucl. p. 272.7–8 Fr.; cf. p. 356.6–11 Fr.)
DEINOSTRATOS OF PROKONESSOS