Menodotus of Nicomedia

Menodotus of Nicomedia (Greek: Μηνόδοτος ὁ Νικομηδεύς; 2nd century CE), in Bithynia, was a physician and Pyrrhonist philosopher;[1] a pupil of Antiochus of Laodicea; and tutor to Herodotus of Tarsus. He belonged to the Empirical school, and lived probably about the beginning of the 2nd century CE.[2] He refuted some of the opinions of Asclepiades of Bithynia,[3] and was exceedingly severe against the Dogmatists.[4] He enjoyed a considerable reputation in his day, and is several times quoted and mentioned by Galen.[5] He appears to have written some works which are quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, but are not now extant.

Notes

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-05-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Diogenes Laërtius, ix. §116; Galen, De Meth. Med. ii. 7, Introd. c. 4.; Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhon. Hypotyp. i. § 222
3. Galen, De Nat. Facult. i. 14
4. Galen, De Subfig. Empir. c. 9, 13
5. Galen, De Cur. Rat. per Ven. Sect. c. 9; Comment, in Hippocr. "De Artic" iii. 62; Comment, in Hippocr. "De Rat. Vict. in Morb. Acut." iv. 17; De Libr. Propr. c. 9; De Compos. Medicam. sec. Locos, vi. i.

References

• Lorenzo Perilli, Menodoto di Nicomedia. Contributo a una storia galeniana della medicina empirica, München-Leipzig, Saur Verlag, 2004