Olympicus Explained

Olympicus or Olympiacus was a physician of Miletus of the 1st century AD.^{[1] [2]}

He belonged to the sect of the Methodici, although he did not fully embrace their doctrines (Galen). He was the tutor of Apollonius of Cyprus.^[1]

Head of the methodical school in Alexandria, during the reign of Vespasian.^[3]

Galen described him as a frivolous person.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Volume 3 (ed. W.Smith). William Alexander Greenhill (Trinity College, Oxford). 1873. J. Murray, 1873. 23 . 2015-04-10.
2. Book: The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 6 (p.468). Pliny the Elder. Pliny the Elder. 1857. H. G. Bohn, 1857. 2015-04-10.
3. [Tertullian]