(), a physician of Athens, who lived in the
fifth century before Christ, and is mentioned as the friend and companion of Socrates. (Plat.
Phaedr. init.; Xen. Memor. 3.13.2.) He was the
father of Eryximachus, who was also a physician, and who is introduced as one of the speakers
in Plato's Symposium. (Plat. Protag. p. 315c.; Symp.
p. 176c.) He is also mentioned in the collection of letters first published by Leo Allatius,
Paris, 1637, 4to. with the title