Menodotus of Nicomedia

Menodotus (Greek: Μηνόδοτος; 2nd century) of Nicomedia in Bithynia, was a physician; 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.^[1] He refuted some of the opinions of Asclepiades of Bithynia,^[2] and was exceedingly severe against the Dogmatists.^[3] He enjoyed a considerable reputation in his day, and is several times quoted and mentioned by Galen.^[4] He appears to have written some works which are quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, but are not now extant.

Bibliography

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

Notes

1. Diogenes Laërtius, ix. §116; Galen, De Meth. Med. ii. 7, Introd. c. 4.; Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhon. Hypotyp. i. § 222
2. Galen, De Nat. Facult. i. 14
3. Galen, De Subfig. Empir. c. 9, 13
4. 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.