Parmeniskos of Alexandria (120 – 80 BCE)
Grammarian who commented on H and Euripide ̄s, and also on A, from which
astronomical explanations are cited by P 18.312 and I H 2.2, 2.13.
RE 18.4 (1949) 1570–1572 (#3), C. Wendel; FGrHist 1026 T19.
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Pasikrate ̄s (of Sido ̄n?) (170 – 100 BCE?)
Reported on the machines of A, A, N, and N,
according to O Coll. 49.7, 49.13, and 49.22 (CMG 6.2.2, pp. 14, 23–26, 34–35).
Pasikrate ̄s, working in Sido ̄n, improved the trispaston (triple-pulley) of Apellis, by adding a
winch to give it greater traction, and, by adding a locking mechanism to maintain constant
traction, improved the traction machine of Neileus, used to reduce dislocations and set
fractures. E fr.40 ( p. 111 Nachm.) records that he wrote a commentary on
H’ Mokhlikon; A P. in G CMLoc 8.8 (13.213–214 K.)
preserves his diuretic, including anise, carrot-seed, cassia and cinnamon, hazelwort, Indian
nard, root of Pontic rhubarb, and saffron. Compare Pasikrate ̄s’ father and son, both
A, as well as H (M.) and T.
RE S.9 (1962) 799–800, J. Kollesch; Drachmann (1963) 174–175, 180–181, Michler (1968) 87–88,
130 – 131.
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Pasio ̄n (250 BCE – 10 CE)
A A 15 (Zervos 1909: 89–90) cites from G (not in Kühn) and H
the widely-useful trokhiskos of Pasio ̄n: litharge, pine-resin, and beeswax in olive oil
and aged dry wine; Gale ̄n often approves it: MM 5.6 (10.330 K.), MM Glauk. 2.3, 2.11
(11.87, 136–137 K.), and Simples 10.2.13 (12.276 K.), along with those of A and
P. A, in Gale ̄n CMGen 2.2 (13.493 K.), describes his “green”
plaster of alum, sal ammoniac, frankincense, verdigris, etc. O, Syn. 3.102
(CMG 6.3, p. 95), cites his very similar trokhiskos, made by grinding copper flakes, roast
copper, sal ammoniac, alum, and verdigris, in vinegar, under the sun, then adding
frankincense; repeated by Aëtios 14.50 ( p. 792 Cornarius) and P A 7.12.22
(CMG 9.2, p. 318), the last adding aloes. A, in Gale ̄n CMGen 5.14 (13.854 K.),
cites a wound ointment (with orpiment, khalkanthon, myrrh, realgar, etc.) of “Prasio ̄n”
(an attested name: LGPN 3B.362). Aëtios 14.58 ( p. 803 Cornarius) = Paulos of Aigina 4.25.2
(CMG 9.1, pp. 346–347) lists Pasio ̄n, with Andro ̄n and Polueide ̄s, as among those offering
remedies for anthrax; Aëtios 14.53 ( p. 797 Cornarius) mentions his melinon, and H’,
again citing Gale ̄n. The name is rare after the 1st c. CE: LGPN.
Fabricius (1726) 358; RE 22.2 (1954) 1699, H. Diller.
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Paterios (250 – 400 CE)
In his explanations of the “geometrical number” governing human generations in P’s
Republic (546b3–c7), P exposes two geometrical methods to find the numbers 27,
36, 48 and 64, in continuous proportion with epitrite ratio (4:3). The second method
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