11.25.3–4). The conduits, called phaiakoi after Phaiax, with 23 separate branches totaling
14.6 km, emptied into and helped drain a large artificial lake or basin once stocked with fish
and waterfowl. Completed under the tyrant The ̄ro ̄n (ca 530 – 472 BCE), it may be compared
to other large hydraulic projects encouraged by Greek tyrants (see E).
KLA 2.208, W. Müller; D. Mertens, Städt und Bauten der Westgriechen (2006) 319–321.
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Phaidros (250 BCE – 90 CE)
A P., in G CMLoc 4.7 (12.736-737 K.), preserves his nasal remedy
(rhinion) composed of ammo ̄niakon, verdigris, roasted alkuoneion, and “flower of
Asian stone” (cf. Gale ̄n, Simpl. Med. 9.2.9 [12.202 K.]). He taught that the umbilical vessels
grew into the heart: S Gyn. 1.57 (CMG 4, p. 42; CUF v. 1, p. 56). The name (with its
variants) is especially Athenian (LGPN).
Fabricius (1726) 363.
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Phainias of Eresos (340 – 310 BCE)
Student of A, correspondent of T, writer of biographical accounts
about tyrants (FGrHist 1012), and of a work against D I. Composed a
popular treatise on plants, in at least five books, often cited with, and apparently similar
to, Theophrastos’ extant work History of Plants. P lists Phainias among medici, but with
the epithet physicus, 1.ind.21–26, and cites him on the benefits of nettle-root, 22.35–36.
Athe ̄naios, Deipn., preserves a dozen fragments, including remarks on the absence of flowers
and seeds in fungi and ferns, 2 (61f), the seeds of umbellifers, 9 (371c–d), differing prepara-
tions of o ̄khros, broad-beans, and chickpeas, 2 (54f), and the art of wine-making, 1 (29f, 31f–
32a).
Ed.: Wehrli (1967–1969) v. 9; FGrHist 1012.
BNP 10 (2007) 901–902, H.B. Gottschalk; GGP 3.588–590.
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Phanias (250 BCE – 80 CE)
A, in G CMGen 5.13 (13.840 K.), records his enkathisma (“sitz-bath”)
for hemorrhoids: grind alum, khalkanthon, khalkitis, “raw” misu, and realgar, then
mix with aged pickled (tarikhe ̄r-) urine of a man; apply for seven days. (Cf. the alchemical use
of pickled urine on stones, P. H. §29, p. 119 Halleux.) The name is very rare after the
2nd c. BCE (LGPN).
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Phanokritos (of Thasos?) (ca 330 – ca 200 BCE)
Athe ̄naios, Deipn. 7.4 (276f), cites Phanokritos’ work on E K, which
apparently discussed his theory of pleasure. The name is rare, except on Thasos, and is
hardly attested anywhere after ca 200 BCE (LGPN).
FGrHist 1114.
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PHANOKRITOS (OF THASOS?)