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John ScarboroughDiphilos (200 – 25 BCE)
Writer on machines listed by V 7. pr.14, and to be distinguished from Q. T
C’s architect (C, ad Q. fr.3.1.1).
RE 5.1 (1903) 1156 (#19–20), E. Fabricius.
PTK
Diphilos of Laodikeia (40 BCE – 180 CE)
Uncertainly dated grammarian; wrote on N’ The ̄riaka. Wellmann dated him to
the High Roman Empire, solely because most commentaries on Nikandros were composed
then. The only two testimonies about Diphilos do not concern Nikandros directly. (1) Schol.
Theokritos 10.1–3b, Diphilos quotes boukaios as a proper name (cf. Theokritos Id. 10.1); but in
Nik. The ̄r. 5 and fr. 90 boukaios = boukolos, herdsman. (2) Athe ̄naios, Deipn. 7 (314d), Diphilos ho
Laodikeus speaks of the torpedo-fish: referring to its efficacy even through a solid body, as for
the Basilisk? If so, he augmented Nikandros’ teachings which neither attribute this power to
the Basilisk (The ̄r. 396 – 410) nor mention the Torpedo. The Schol. Nik. The ̄r. may have used
Diphilos; this is however impossible to prove.
RE 5.1 (1903) 1155 (#18), M. Wellmann; Jacques (2002) 2. (and n. 300).
Jean-Marie Jacques
Diphilos of Siphnos (300 – 250 BCE)
Greek physician, active at L’ court (306– 281 BCE: Ath., Deipn. 2 [51a]). In On
diet for ill and healthy people, discussing a wide variety of vegetables, fruits and other foods
(including fishes), Diphilos describes the effects of single foods on human health and gives
instructions for preparing them: Ath. 8 (355a).
RE 5.1 (1903) 1155, W. Schmid; J. Scarborough, “Diphilus of Siphnos and Hellenistic Medical
Dietetics,” JHM 25 (1970) 194–201; KP 2.97, F. Kudlien; BNP 4 (2004) 527, V. Nutton; AML 230,
M. Stamatu.
Daniela Manetti
DIPHILOS OF SIPHNOS