(), a Greek physician who must have lived in or
before the first century after Christ, as he is quoted by Celsus Polybus, or Polybius ; but upon comparison of these passages with the other authors who mention
him, it appears most probable that the true reading is Polyides.De Med. 5.20.2, 26.23, 6.7.3, pp. 91, 100, 127) and Andromachus (ap.
Gal. De Compos. Medicam. sec. Gen. 5.12, vol. xiii. p. 834).
He appears to have written a pharmaceutical work, as his medical formulae are several
times referred to by Galen (De Meth. Med. 5.6, 6.3, vol. x. pp. 330,
405, Ad Glauc. de Meth. Med. 2.3, 11, vol. xi. pp. 87, 137, De Simplic. Medicam. Temper. ac Facult. 10.2.13, vol. xii. p. 276, De Compos. Medicam. sec. Gen. 3.3, vol. xiii. p. 613), Caelius Aurelianus
(De Morb. Acut. 3.3, 5, pp. 186, 198), Paulus Aegineta (4.25, 7.12,
pp. 514, 663), Aetius (3.1. 48, 4.2. 50, 58, 4.4. 64, pp. 504, 715, 725, 809), Oribasius
(Ad Eunap. 4.128, p. 674), and Nicolaus Myrepsus (De
Compos. Medicam. 41.44, p. 788).