Aristogenes (physician)

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Aristogenes (Greek: Ἀριστογένης; fl. 3rd century BC) the name of two Greek physicians mentioned by the Suda,[1] of whom one was a native of Thasos, and wrote several medical works, of which some of the titles are preserved. The other, according to the Suda, was a native of Cnidos and was servant to Chrysippus; but Galen says,[2] he was his pupil, and afterwards became physician to Antigonus Gonatas, king of Macedonia. A physician of this name is quoted by Celsus, and Pliny the Elder. The two physicians mentioned may be the same person.

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  1. ^ Suda, Aristogenes
  2. ^ Galen, de Ven. Sect. adv. Erasistr. Rom. Deg. c. 2, de Cur. Rat. per Ven. Sect. c. 2, vol. xi. pp. 197, 252
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Aristogenes". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 306.