von Staden (1989) 367–368; V. Dasen, “Multiple births in Graeco-Roman Antiquity,” OJA 16 (1997)
439 – 463.
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Simo ̄nide ̄s (Geog.) (300 – 250 BCE)
Dwelt five years in Meroë where he wrote an Aithiopika cited only by P 6.183, for the
extent of “Ethiopia.”
Ed.: FGrHist 669.
RE 3A.1 (1927) 197 (#5), A. Klotz.
PTK
Simo ̄nide ̄s (Biol.) (400 BCE – 175 CE)
Cited by A A 13.86 ( p. 713 Cornarius), probably from C P’s
work On Animals, for the idea that peacocks will detect drugs, run towards them, cry, display,
and even scatter them or dig up drugs hidden in the ground. The archaic name, found
through the 1st c. BCE, is revived in the 2nd c. CE (LGPN esp. 2.399) and the 4th (Ammianus
Marcellinus 29.1.37–39, Souda Sigma-445).
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PTK
Simos of Ko ̄s (350 BCE – 20 CE)
Famous physician from Ko ̄s after H (S 14.2.19), medical writer whom
P (1.ind.21–27) cites after P and before T (21–22) or after Timaristos
and before Hippokrate ̄s (23–27) as an authority on drugs from botanicals. Simos proclaimed
the toxicity of clover contrary to popular belief in its efficacy against snake bites: decocted
clover applied to wounds effects a burning sensation similar to snake bite (21.153). Simos
recommended a decoction of asphodel in wine as a remedy for kidney stones (22.72).
RE 3A.1 (1927) 203 (#9), H. Gossen and F.E. Kind.
GLIM
Simos of Poseido ̄nia (360 – 340 BCE)
“The musician,” Simos removed a bronze pillar (erected by Arimne ̄stos, son of P,
but the story is a fiction by the historian D S, FGrHist 76 F23), upon
which were engraved the seven skills, and published them as his own. Listed among the
Pythagoreans from Poseido ̄nia (I, VP 267).
RE 3A.1 (1927) 201–202 (#5), H. Hobein.
GLIM
Simplicius of Kilikia (530 – 538 CE)
Pupil of D and A in Alexandria, who wrote several long commentaries
on A’s works. Upon Justinian’s closure of the school in 529 CE, Simplicius
and some colleagues fled to King Chosroes of Persia, reputed for enlightened rule and an
interest in philosophy (Agathias Histories 2.28.1 Keydell). Simplicius most probably wrote his
SIMPLICIUS OF KILIKIA