(), the thirteenth in descent from Aesculapius, the
son of Sostratus III., and the father of Gnosidicus and Chrysus, who lived in the seventh and
sixth centuries B. C. (Jo. Tzetzes, Chil. vii. Hist.
155, in Fabric. Bibl. Gr. vol. xii. p. 680, ed. vet.; Poet. Epist. ad Artax. in Hippocr. Opera, vol. iii. p. 770;
Thessal. Orat. ad Aram, ibid. p. 835, &c.) He was a native of the
island of Cos, and the most celebrated physician of his time. During the Crissaean war he
joined the camp of the Amphictyons (as has been mentioned in the article CHRYSUS), taking with him his son Chrysus, and a penteconter fitted up at his own
expence with both medical and military apparatus. Here they were of great use to the
besiegers, and Nebrus is said to have poisoned the water used by the town, though, according
to Pausanias (Phoc. 37.5), this barbarous expedient was adopted in
consequence of the recommendation of Solon, Penny Cyclopaedia, art. Nebrus.)