1. A druggist, who apparently lived in the fourth or third century B. C. He is said by Theophrastus (Hist. Plant. 9.17. 2), to have been eminent in his trade, and to have professed to be able to take hellebore without being purged.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890