Zeno of Cyprus, was a Greek physician, a native of Cyprus

Cyprus

Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

, and the tutor of Ionicus, Magnus, and Oribasius

Oribasius

Oribasius or Oreibasius was a Greek medical writer and the personal physician of the Roman emperor Julian the Apostate. He studied at Alexandria under physician Zeno of Cyprus before joining Julian's retinue. He was involved in Julian's coronation in 361, and remained with the emperor until...

. He taught and practised his profession at Alexandria

Alexandria

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, but was expelled by the Bishop George of Cappadocia

George of Cappadocia

Georgius , commonly called of Cappadocia ; Arian intruding bp. of Alexandria . He was born, according to Ammianus Marcellinus, at Epiphania in Cilicia , and, if so, must have been Cappadocian only by descent. Gregory Nazianzen describes him as not purely free-born Georgius (4), commonly called of...

, who persecuted both pagans and orthodox Christians with equal bitterness. Zeno was however restored to his country and office by command of the emperor Julian

Julian the Apostate

Julian "the Apostate" , commonly known as Julian, or also Julian the Philosopher, was Roman Emperor from 361 to 363 and a noted philosopher and Greek writer....

, probably 361 or 362; and a letter from the emperor to Zeno is still extant, in which he speaks very highly not only of his medical skill but also of his general character.