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This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Claudio Meliadò and published on 04/04/2019.

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Thoas is mentioned by Erotianus¹ (73, 14), the sole source that speaks of him, with regard to the term πικέριον, a word of Phrygian² origin that Hippocrates³ uses. The lexicographer⁴, forced to explain this term, notes that Thoas of Itha…