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800 BCE
Homer
Kirk, Geoffrey S. “Homer | Greek Poet.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 Dec. 2017, www.britannica.com/biography/Homer-Greek-poet. -
Period: 774 BCE to 479 BCE
Greek Archaic Period
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500 BCE
Asclepius (Cult of Asclepius)
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Period: 500 BCE to 398 BCE
Alcmaeon of Croton
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Period: 484 BCE to 424 BCE
Empedocles
Mark, Joshua J. “Empedocles.” World History Encyclopedia, www.worldhistory.org/Empedocles/. -
Period: 484 BCE to 425 BCE
Herodotus
Britannica. “Herodotus | Biography, Histories, Facts.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 16 Jan. 2019, www.britannica.com/biography/Herodotus-Greek-historian. History.com Editors. “Herodotus.” HISTORY, 4 Feb. 2010, www.history.com/topics/ancient-greece/herodotus. Mark, Joshua. “Herodotus.” World History Encyclopedia, 27 Mar. 2018, www.worldhistory.org/herodotus/. -
Period: 479 BCE to 332 BCE
Greek Classical Period
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Period: 460 BCE to 400 BCE
Thucydides
“Perseus Encyclopedia, Thucydides.” Www.perseus.tufts.edu, www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0004%3Aentry%3Dthucydides.Tufts. “Perseus Encyclopedia, Thucydides.” Www.perseus.tufts.edu, www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0004%3Aentry%3Dthucydides. -
Period: 460 BCE to 377 BCE
Hippocrates of Cos
Yapijakis, Christos. “Hippocrates of Kos, the Father of Clinical Medicine, and Asclepiades of Bithynia, the Father of Molecular Medicine. Review.” In Vivo (Athens, Greece), vol. 23, no. 4, 1 July 2009, pp. 507–514, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19567383/. Abstract.
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Period: 460 BCE to 370 BCE
Democritus of Abdera
Berryman, Sylvia. “Democritus (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford.edu, Stanford, 2 Dec. 2016, plato.stanford.edu/entries/democritus/. -
Period: 428 BCE to 347 BCE
Plato
Kraut, Richard. “Plato (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).” Stanford.edu, Stanford University, 20 Mar. 2004, plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato/. Nutton, Vivian. Ancient Medicine. London ; New York, Routledge, 2013, p. Appendix 2. -
Period: 400 BCE to 301 BCE
Philistion of Locri
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Period: 400 BCE to 301 BCE
Diocles of Carystus
“Diocles | Greek Philosopher and Physician.” Encyclopedia Britannica, www.britannica.com/biography/Diocles. -
Period: 400 BCE to 301 BCE
Phanostrate
Nutton, Vivian. Ancient Medicine. London ; New York, Routledge, 2013, p. 80. -
Period: 400 BCE to 301 BCE
Praxagoras of Cos
Hornblower, Simon, et al. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, search.lib.utexas.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01UTAU_INST:SEARCHsearch_scope=MyInst_and_CIdocid=alma991033328619706011context=L. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025. -
Period: 384 BCE to 322 BCE
Aristotle
Nutton, Vivian. Ancient Medicine. London ; New York, Routledge, 2013, p. Appendix 2. Shields, Christopher. “Aristotle.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 25 Aug. 2020, plato.stanford.edu/entries/aristotle/. -
Period: 332 BCE to 31 BCE
Hellenistic Period
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Period: 330 BCE to 260 BCE
Herophilus of Chalcedon
Hornblower, Simon, et al. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, search.lib.utexas.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01UTAU_INST:SEARCHsearch_scope=MyInst_and_CIdocid=alma991033328619706011context=L. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025. -
Period: 315 BCE to 240 BCE
Erasistratus of Ceos
Hornblower, Simon, et al. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, search.lib.utexas.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01UTAU_INST:SEARCHsearch_scope=MyInst_and_CIdocid=alma991033328619706011context=L. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025. -
Period: 300 BCE to 201 BCE
Archagathus
Nutton, Vivian. Ancient Medicine. London ; New York, Routledge, 2013, p. 23. -
Period: 275 BCE to 200 BCE
Bacchius of Tanagra
Von Staden, Heinrich. From Andreas to Demosthenes Philalethes. p. Chapter 4, www-oxfordreference-com.ezproxy.lib.utexas.edu/display/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-1034?rskey=em3YQ0result=1025. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025. -
Period: 129 BCE to 40 BCE
Asclepiades of Bithynia
Brady, Frank A, and Brendan D Kelly. “Greek Physician Asclepiades of Bithynia (124-40 BC) and His Contribution to Thinking about Mental Illness and Its Treatment.” Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Oct. 2024, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39654403/. -
Period: 100 BCE to 1 BCE
Themison of Laodicea
Hornblower, Simon, et al. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, search.lib.utexas.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01UTAU_INST:SEARCHsearch_scope=MyInst_and_CIdocid=alma991033328619706011context=L. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025. -
Period: 90 BCE to 15 BCE
Apollonius of Citium
Hornblower, Simon, et al. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, search.lib.utexas.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01UTAU_INST:SEARCHsearch_scope=MyInst_and_CIdocid=alma991033328619706011context=L. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025. Nutton, Vivian. Ancient Medicine. London ; New York, Routledge, 2013, p. Appendix 2. -
Period: 31 BCE to 476
Roman Empire (early-late)
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Period: 25 BCE to 50
Celsus, Cornelius
Köckerling, F., et al. “Cornelius Celsus—Ancient Encyclopedist, Surgeon–Scientist, or Master of Surgery?” Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery, vol. 398, no. 4, 1 Apr. 2013, pp. 609–616, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3627856/, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-013-1050-0. -
Period: 1 CE to 100
Thessalus of Tralles
Nutton, Vivian. Ancient Medicine. London ; New York, Routledge, 2013, p. Appendix 2. -
Period: 23 to 79
Pliny the Elder
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Period: 40 to 90
Dioscorides of Anazarba
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Period: 50 to 200
Rufus of Ephesus
Hornblower, Simon, et al. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, search.lib.utexas.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01UTAU_INST:SEARCHsearch_scope=MyInst_and_CIdocid=alma991033328619706011context=L. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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Period: 98 to 117
Archigenes of Apamea
Hornblower, Simon, et al. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, search.lib.utexas.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01UTAU_INST:SEARCHsearch_scope=MyInst_and_CIdocid=alma991033328619706011context=L. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025. -
Period: 98 to 138
Soranus of Ephesus
Hornblower, Simon, et al. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, search.lib.utexas.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01UTAU_INST:SEARCHsearch_scope=MyInst_and_CIdocid=alma991033328619706011context=L. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025. Nutton, Vivian. Ancient Medicine. London ; New York, Routledge, 2013, p. Appendix 2. -
Period: 129 to 216
Galen of Pergamum
Hornblower, Simon, et al. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, search.lib.utexas.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01UTAU_INST:SEARCHsearch_scope=MyInst_and_CIdocid=alma991033328619706011context=L. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025. -
Period: 150 to 200
Aretaeus of Cappadocia
Hornblower, Simon, et al. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, search.lib.utexas.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01UTAU_INST:SEARCHsearch_scope=MyInst_and_CIdocid=alma991033328619706011context=L. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025. -
Period: 201 to 300
Martialis, Gargilius
Hornblower, Simon, et al. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, search.lib.utexas.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01UTAU_INST:SEARCHsearch_scope=MyInst_and_CIdocid=alma991033328619706011context=L. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025. -
Period: 301 to 400
Nemesius of Emesa
Hornblower, Simon, et al. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, search.lib.utexas.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01UTAU_INST:SEARCHsearch_scope=MyInst_and_CIdocid=alma991033328619706011context=L. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025. -
Period: 325 to 400
Oribasius of Pergamum
Nutton, Vivian. Ancient Medicine. London ; New York, Routledge, 2013, p. 239. -
Period: 329 to 800
Early Byzantine Period
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Period: 350 to 400
Magnus of Nisibis
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Period: 401 to 500
Aurelianus, Caelius
Laios, Konstantinos. “Caelius Aurelianus (5th Century AD) Study on Worms.” Le Infezioni in Medicina, vol. 26, no. 4, Jan. 2018, pp. 391–395, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30555148/. -
Period: 525 to 605
Alexander of Tralles
Hornblower, Simon, et al. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, search.lib.utexas.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01UTAU_INST:SEARCHsearch_scope=MyInst_and_CIdocid=alma991033328619706011context=L. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025. Nutton, Vivian. Ancient Medicine. London ; New York, Routledge, 2013, p. Appendix 2. -
Period: 530 to 600
Aetius of Amida
Hornblower, Simon, et al. The Oxford Classical Dictionary. 4th ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2012, search.lib.utexas.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01UTAU_INST:SEARCHsearch_scope=MyInst_and_CIdocid=alma991033328619706011context=L. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025. -
Period: 625 to 690
Paul of Aegina
“Judy Duchan’s History of Speech - Language Pathology.” Buffalo.edu, 2023, www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~duchan/new_history/middle_ages/paul_of_aegina.html. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.