Aristocrates (grammarian)
Aristocrates (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοκράτης) was a grammarian (or "schoolmaster")[1] of Ancient Greece who despite being described as a "grammarian" is nevertheless mostly remembered as the source of a remedy for toothache passed down by either the elder or younger Andromachus, and later quoted by medical annalist Galen.[2][3] Because he was not described as himself being a doctor or scientist, but is quoted by later medical scientists, he is sometimes referred to as an example or practitioner of Ancient Greek folk or traditional medicine.[4]
He must have lived at some time in or before the first century. He is also quoted by John Cramer in his Anecdota Graeca.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Nutton, Vivian (2013). "Hellenistic Medicine". Ancient Medicine (2 ed.). Routledge. p. 153. ISBN 9780415520942. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
- ^ Galen, De Compositione Medicamentorum Localium v. 5, vol. xii. pp. 878, 879
- ^ Hockley, A. (1859). "An Historical Review of Dental Surgery: From the Earliest Period to the Commencement of the Present Century". The Dental Review. 1 (1). H. Baillière: 20. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
- ^ Nutton, Vivian (2016). "Folk Medicine in the Galenic Corpus". In Harris, William V. (ed.). Popular Medicine in Graeco-Roman Antiquity: Explorations. Brill Publishers. p. 276. ISBN 9789004326040. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
- ^ John Cramer, Anecdota Graeca, p. 395
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Elder, Edward (1870). "Aristocles". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 303.