while Synkellos (Ec.Chron. 279 – 278, ed. Mosshammer) claims he was criticized for speaking
plainly about alchemy. Probably not the same as the alchemist P S mentioned
in P. L X (recipe 82; ed. Halleux [1981]), but maybe identifiable with either or
both P (B) and/or the homonymous astrologer (fl. 66 CE, T Ann.
16.14).
Berthelot (1885) 170; RE 18.4 (1949) 303 (#4), W. Nestle.
Bink Hallum
Pammene ̄s (Biology) (350 BCE – 235 CE)
Biologist, wrote Concerning Wild Animals cited by A (HA 16.42) for Egyptian winged
scorpions with double stings (which Pammene ̄s claims to have seen first-hand) and
two-headed “bipedal” serpents. Probably distinct from the homonymous astrologer; identi-
fication with the alchemist is uncertain. The name may be Egyptian (“he of Min,” or “he of
Amo ̄n”: Heuser 1929: 15), but is attested in Greek from the mid 4th c. BCE: D
S 15.94.2–3.
RE 18.4 (1949) 303 (#4), W. Nestle.
GLIM
Pamphilos of Alexandria (60 – 80 CE)
The Souda Pi-141 jumbles Amphipolis, Sikuo ̄n,
and Nikopolis as ethnics for a writer on painting,
grammar, and Geo ̄rgika. The painter Pamphilos
(ca 350 – 300 BCE), who worked at Sikuo ̄n, is
labeled Macedonian by P 35.75–77, 123,
explaining Amphipolis. Souda Pi-142 says the
Alexandrian Pamphilos composed Leimo ̄n
(Meadow: typical name for a miscellany), a dic-
tionary (E to Ω) – epitomized before ca 135 CE
by Diogenianus (Souda Delta-1140, cf. O-835) –
and other grammatical works. Wellmann (1916)
has argued that the Leimo ̄n lies behind many of
the animal stories of A P,
such as 1.35–38 (cited from Pamphilos in
G 15.1), 3.5–6 (ibid.), 5.40–51, etc.
The Alexandrian’s Geo ̄rgika is the likely source of
the botanical data cited from Pamphilos in
Geopo ̄nika 2.20 (sowing), 5.23 (vine-pruning),
7.20 ( perfuming and sweetening wine), 10.39–
40 (damson-plums), 10.86 (sowing), 13.15 (fleas),
and 14.14 (birds). Athe ̄naios, Deipn. preserves dozens of lexicographical notes, mostly in
Books 2–3 and 11 (on cups and vessels), from his Glo ̄ssai and other works, seven involving
plants: 2 (62d, 69d), 3 (77a, 82d, 85c), and 14 (650d, 653b).
In addition, G, Simples 6.pr (11.792–798 K.), 7.10.31 (12.31 K.), and Hipp. Gloss.
(19.63–64, 69 K.), mentions a “younger” Pamphilos, who wrote an alphabetical Herbs
Pamphilos of Alexandria (Vind. Med. Gr. l,
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