Numenius of Heraclea

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Numenius of Heraclea (Ancient Greek: Νουμένιος ὁ Ἡερακλέωτης, Nouménios ho Hērakléōtēs) is ancient Greek physician and poet, dated to the end of the 4th century BC.[1] According to Athenaeus,[2] he was a pupil of the physician Dieuches.

The author is registered in the TLG Canon as tlg0703.

Works[]

Numenius wrote didactic poems on a range of topics, including:[1]

  • Ἁλιευτικόν/Halieutikón, "On Fishing"[3]
  • Θηριακόν/Thēriakón, "On theriac"[3]
  • a work on medicinal prescriptions[3][1]
  • Δείπνων ἀναγραφαί/Deípnōn anagraphaí, "Records of Banquets"[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Fornaro 2006
  2. ^ "Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae, book 1, chapter 8". www.perseus.tufts.edu.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Lloyd-Jones & Parsons 1983

Bibliography[]

  • H. Diller. s.v. Numenius (7a). RE Suppl. 7. 663-664
  • Fornaro, Sotera (October 1, 2006). "Numenius". Brill's New Pauly – via referenceworks.brillonline.com.S. Fornaro. "Numenius" (1). Brill's New Pauly
  • E. Kaczyńska. "The Cretan Origin of Numenius Heracleotes in the Light of Ancient Greek Dialectology". Κρητικά Χρονικά 23 (2013), 35-43 ISSN 0454-5206
  • Lloyd-Jones, Hugh; Parsons, Peter, eds. (1983). "Numenius Heracleota". Supplementum Hellenisticum. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter. pp. 279–286. doi:10.1515/9783110837766.279b. ISBN 9783110837766 – via www.degruyter.com.
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