Now this is how Democedes had come from +Croton [17.1333,39.0833] (Perseus) Croton to live with Polycrates: he was oppressed by a harsh-tempered father at +Croton [17.1333,39.0833] (Perseus) Croton; since he could not stand him, he left him and went to +Aegina [23.433,37.75] (inhabited place), Aegina, Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Aegina. Within the first year after settling there, he excelled the rest of the physicians, although he had no equipment nor any medical implements.

In his second year the Aeginetans The Aeginetan talent = about 82 Attic minae (60 of which composed the Attic talent). paid him a talent to be their public physician; in the third year the Athenians hired him for a hundred minae, and Polycrates in the fourth year for two talents. Thus he came to +Nisos Samos [26.8,37.75] (island), Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece, Europe Samos, and not least because of this man the physicians of +Croton [17.1333,39.0833] (Perseus) Croton were well-respected [

for at this time the best physicians in Greek countries were those of +Croton [17.1333,39.0833] (Perseus) Croton, and next to them those of Shahhat [21.866,32.833] (inhabited place), Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya, AfricaCyrene. About the same time the Argives had the name of being the best musicians].