Hippocrates (disambiguation)

Hippocrates (disambiguation)

Hippocrates was an ancient Greek physician of the Age of Pericles, considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine.

Hippocrates may also refer to:

*Hippocrates of Chios, ancient Greek geometer who wrote the first known work systematizing the fundamentals of geometry
*Hippocrates of Athens (died 424 BC), ancient Greek general who was slain at the battle of Delium
*Hippocrates, father of Peisistratos
*Hippocrates (lunar crater)
*Hippocrates of Gela, ancient Greek tyrant who dominated Sicilian politics during his rule between 498 BC and 491 BC
*Pseudo-Hippocrates, an anonymous writer, dubbed with the name because his works had been included in Hippocratic Corpus

People with the given name Hippocrates

*Hippocrates Smethwyck, fictional character from the "Harry Potter" series


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