Alexion

Alexion (died 44 BCE) was an ancient physician. His name and profession are known from a lamentation on his sudden death, authored by his close friend Cicero.[1] His name suggests that he was Greek.[2]

References

  1. Cicero, Ad Atticus vii. 2, xiii. 25, xv. 1. d 2
  2. Greenhill, William Alexander (1867). "Alexion". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 128.
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