Alexippus Explained

Alexippus (Ancient Greek: Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀλέξιππος) was an ancient Greek physician who was mentioned by Plutarch as having received a letter from Alexander the Great himself, to thank him for having cured one of his officers, a man named Peucestas, of a wound incurred during a bear hunt probably around 327 BC.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. [Plutarch]
2. Encyclopedia: Greenhill . William Alexander . Alexippus . William Smith . William Smith (lexicographer) . . 1 . 128 . . Boston . 1867 .
3. Book: Heckel, Waldemar . Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire . . 2006 . Oxford . 21 . 1-4051-1210-7.