Martialius/Martianus (150 – 190 CE)
Erasistratean who wrote on anatomy, and whom G had in mind as the object of his
attack on the Erasistrateans at Rome; he attended Eude ̄mos, whom Gale ̄n claims to have
cured: Progn. 3.6–7, 4.1–2 (CMG 5.8.1, pp. 84, 88), On My Own Books 1 (2.94–95 MMH).
The name Martialius is rare before ca 200 CE, and ΜΑΡΤΙΑΛΙΟ- differs very slightly from
ΜΑΡΤΙΑΝΟ-.
RE 14.2 (1930) 2003 (Martianus #1), W. Kroll; Korpela (1987) 198 #240; DPA 4 (2005) 286–288,
V. Boudon-Millot.
PTK
M C ⇒ C
Massiliot Periplous (520 – 350 BCE?)
Scholars have identified a periplous written in Massalia that described the Iberian coast,
Atlantic and Mediterranean, and which is preserved in the verse paraphrase of A,
OM. Auienus claims to use an ancient document (OM 9, 17), and over 450 lines of his poem,
from line 85, are credited to the Massiliot Periplous. Ascribed to other sources are lines
115 – 129, 266–283 on the Carthaginians, 336–389, 406–413 explicitly from D,
E, and H, and 323–334, 390–405, 645–679, 689–698 explicitly from
D A (331) and P (695). In view of Auienus’ citation of
B and T in lines 42–50, some scholars date the Massaliot Periplous to
ca 400 – 350 BCE. See also E.
L. Antonelli, Il periplo Nascosto (1998).
PTK
C. Matius Caluena (45 BCE – 5 CE)
Equestrian friend of C, C, and A who introduced the cultivation
of dwarf shrubs at Rome (P, 12.13), and developed a new variety of apple, the
malum Matianum, grown near Aquileia, presumably on his estates there (P 15.49; Ath.,
Deipn. 3 [82c]). C (12.4.2, 46.1) credits him with three books (“The Cook,” “The
Fish Dealer,” and “The Pickler”), wherein he discussed the storage of wine and agricultural
produce.
RE 14.2 (1930) 2210 (#2), A. Stein; KP 3.1080 (#2), H. Gundel; BNP 8 (2006) 479 (#2), Tho. Frigo;
OCD3 937, R.J. Seager.
Philip Thibodeau
Matriketas of Me ̄thumna (before 320 BCE)
Astronomer who observed solstices from Mt. Lepetumnos on Lesbos (-
T, De signis 4).
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Henry Mendell
MATRIKETAS OF ME ̄THUMNA