Theodas of Laodicea
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Theodas of Laodicea
, was a physician
of the Empiric school
, in the 2nd century. He is mentioned by Diogenes Laertius
as being a native of Laodicea, a pupil of Antiochus of Laodicea, and a contemporary of Menodotus
. A physician of this name is also quoted by Andromachus
.
Laodicea
- Turkey :*Laodicea on the Lycus, in Phrygia*Laodicea Pontica, in the Pontus*Laodicea Combusta, in Pisidia- Other countries :* Laodicea , in Greece* Laodicea , in Iraq* Laodicea in Media, former name of Nahavand, Iran...
, was a physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
of the Empiric school
Empiric school
The Empiric school of medicine was an ancient school of medicine in ancient Greece and Rome. They were so called from the word empeiria because they professed to derive their knowledge from experiences only, and in doing so set themselves in opposition to the Dogmatic school...
, in the 2nd century. He is mentioned by Diogenes Laertius
Diogenes Laertius
Diogenes Laertius was a biographer of the Greek philosophers. Nothing is known about his life, but his surviving Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is one of the principal surviving sources for the history of Greek philosophy.-Life:Nothing is definitively known about his life...
as being a native of Laodicea, a pupil of Antiochus of Laodicea, and a contemporary of Menodotus
Menodotus of Nicomedia
Menodotus of Nicomedia in Bithynia, was a physician; a pupil of Antiochus of Laodicea; and tutor to Herodotus of Tarsus. He belonged to the Empirical school, and lived probably about the beginning of the 2nd century. He refuted some of the opinions of Asclepiades of Bithynia, and was exceedingly...
. A physician of this name is also quoted by Andromachus
Andromachus
Andromachus was an Anatolian nobleman of Greek Macedonian and Persian descent. Andromachus’ father was a wealthy nobleman who owned estates in Anatolia and his family had power in Anatolia with strong royal connections. Andromachus was the second son of Achaeus by an unnamed Greek mother and a...
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