Δέξιππος
Dexippos, Dexippus
Translated by David Whitehead22 Oct 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Of Cos, a doctor, a pupil of Hippocrates. Summoned by Hecatomnus, the king of Caria, to cure his sons Mausolus and Pixodarus when they were desperately ill, he did cure them, on condition that Hecatomnus promise to end the war which was then in progress between them and the Carians. He wrote a Book for Doctors in 1 [volume] and On Prognoses in 2.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Δέξιππος, Κῷος, ἰατρός, Ἱπποκράτους μαθητής· ὃς μεταπεμφθεὶς ὑπὸ Ἑκατόμνου τοῦ Καρῶν βασιλέως ἰάσασθαι αὐτοῦ τοὺς παῖδας ἀπογνωσθέντας Μαυσωλὸν καὶ Πιξώδαρον, ἐπὶ ὑποσχέσει ἰάσατο τοῦ παῦσαι τὸν πρὸς Κᾶρας τότε αὐτοῖς ἐνεστῶτα πόλεμον. ἔγραψεν Ἰατρικὸν βιβλίον αʹ καὶ Περὶ προγνώσεων βʹ.