Apsyrtus(Ἄψυρτος), or ABSYRTUS, one of the principal
veterinary surgeons of whom any remains are still extant, was born, according to Suidas (s. v.) and Eudocia (Violar. ap. Villoison, Anccd. Graeca, vol. i. p. 65), at Prusa or Nicomedia in Bithynia. He is said
to have served under Constantine in his campaign on the Danube, which is generally supposed to
mean that under Constantine the Great, A. D. 322, but some refer it
to that under Constantine IV. (or Pogonatus), A. D.
671.
Works
Writings on Veterinary Medicine
Editions
His remains are to be found in the Veterinariae Medicinae
Libri Duo, first published in Latin by J. Ruellius, Paris, 1530, fol., and
afterwards in Greek by S. Grynaeus, Basil. 1537, 4to.
Further Information
Sprengel published a little work entitled "Programma de Apsyrto Bithynio," Halae, 1832,
4to.
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