Aelius Promotus(91 words)
[German version]
A., of Alexandria, worked during the first half of the second cent. as doctor and writer. He wrote about medicines and sympathetic remedies [1; 2]. The manuscripts also count among the writings of A. a treatise about toxicology [3], the core of which originated in A.'s time and which was apparently one of the main sources for Aetius [3] of Amida, even if it shows signs of revisions in the meantime.
Nutton, Vivian (London)
Bibliography
1 E. Rohde, KS vol.1, 1901, 380-410
2 M. Wellmann, in: SBAW 1908, 772-777
3 S. Ihm, 1995.
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Nutton, Vivian (London),
“Aelius Promotus”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 23 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e105000>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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