Lakude ̄s of Kure ̄ne ̄ (245 – 205 BCE)
Son of Alexander, one of C’ teachers (D L 7.183), succeeded
Arkesilaos as scholarch of the Academy (C, Acad. 2.16). His students included
A K and D K. Although credited with founding the
New Academy, he simply emphasized skepticism, already present in Arkesilaos. Lakude ̄s’
writings include the lost On Nature (Souda Lambda-72). Resigned the scholarchate five
years before his death. Best known for sealing his storeroom and tossing the signet inside
through a hole, to prevent theft, but his slaves did the same, hence perplexing Lakude ̄s,
who interpreted the result via Arkesilaos’ doctrine of incomprehensibility (D.L. 4.59–61,
E, PE 14.7).
KP 3.462, E.G. Schmidt; OCD3 811, W.D. Rouse; BNP 7 (2005) 161, K.-H. Stanzel; DPA 4 (2005) 74–5,
T. Dorandi.
GLIM
Lampo ̄n of Pe ̄lousion (120 BCE – 80 CE)
Physician, treated nasal polyps and aigilo ̄ps, using red copper, alum, ammo ̄niakon
incense, and sharp vinegar (G CMLoc 3.3, 12.682–683 K.). A, in
Gale ̄n CMLoc 8.1 (13.133–134 K.), records his universal remedy compounded from
cinnamon, black cassia, and aromatic reed, balsam-wood, and rush blossoms, plus fir,
mixed with rainwater and Indian aloe, set in the summer sun until dried; the results
were mixed with saffron, myrrh, and mastic; ingested with water, it is useful for sprains,
fractures, and internal wounds, rib, lung, and stomach pains, digestion, and blood-spitting.
The name, most frequently cited in the 3rd c. BCE, is attested perhaps into the 1st c. CE
(LGPN).
RE 12.1 (1924) 581–582 (#5), F.E. Kind.
GLIM
Laodikos (250 BCE – 80 CE)
A, in G CMLoc 3.1 (12.626 K.), records and assiduously used the
earache remedy of “king” Laodikos containing castoreum, poppy juice, opopanax, and
froth of lukion, to be taken tepid in must. A rare name, attested at Eretria (4th/3rd cc.
BCE: LGPN 1.282); the more common feminine form is known from the same period
(LGPN), and Andromakhos may have intended the wife of Antiokhos II (Laodike ̄ I) or of
Seleukos II (Laodike ̄ II). The name may instead have been corrupted from Laodokos, a son
of Apollo (Apoll. 1.7.6), or perhaps refers to a king of Laodikeia (cf. D, P,
T).
RE 12.1 (1924) 726 (#5), F.E. Kind.
GLIM
Largius Designatianus (200 – 350 CE?)
Author of a lost medical work (probably a collection of remedies) in Latin, used by
M B (pr.2). Marcellus also gives, among the prefaces to his De
medicamentis, a letter of Largius to his sons and an epistle of H to a King
LARGIUS DESIGNATIANUS