Puthio ̄n (Pharm.) (50 – 30 BCE)
A P., in G CMGen 2.17 (13.536–537 K.), preserves his fracture-
compound, used by the freedman Helenos: asphalt, Bruttian pine pitch, beeswax, frank-
incense, and copper flakes in olive oil and vinegar. A’ freedman C. Iulius Helenos
held Sardinia for him in 40 BCE: BNP 6 (2005) 67 (#3).
RE 24 (1963) 568 (#6), H. Diller, 1429 (#2), R. Hanslik.
PTK
Puthio ̄n of Rhodes (325 – 90 BCE)
Author of a treatise on agriculture excerpted by C D (V, RR 1.1.9–10).
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Puthio ̄n of Thasos (ca 255 – 235 BCE)
Wrote a lost letter to K proposing the problem of finding a mirror surface that reflects
solar rays to meet the circumference of a circle: D, On Burning Mirrors 1.
Toomer (1976) 138.
PTK
Puthios (325 BCE – 80 CE)
A, in G CMLoc 5.5 (12.879–880 K.), gives his treatment for loose teeth
and gingivitis (alum roasted in papyrus, mixed with ruddle). For the rare name, probably not
a mistake for P, see LGPN 1.392, 2.386, 3A.380, 4.295.
Fabricius (1726) 382.
PTK
Puthokle ̄s (450 BCE – ca 350 BCE)
Cited in the H C, E, 5.56 = 7.75 (5.238, 434 Littré), for curing
patients through use of water or watered milk. (For the name, cf. Phaidros’ father in P,
Phdr. 244a.)
Fabricius (1726) 382.
PTK
Puthokle ̄s of Samos (325 BCE – 200 CE)
Was the author of a treatise on agriculture, according to pseudo-P, Para. Min. 41.
The Parallels contains much fabricated information, but the History of Italy which it ascribes
to Puthokle ̄s (14) is independently attested (Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1.135).
Ed.: FGrHist 833.
RE 24 (1963) 601 (#10), K. Ziegler; KP 4.1279–1280, O. Dreyer.
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