Acumenus

Acumenus (Gr. polytonic|Ακουμενός) was a physician of Athens who lived in the 5th century BC, and is mentioned as the friend and companion of Socrates. [Plato, "Phaedrus" init.] [Xen. Memor. iii. 13. § 2] He was the father of Eryximachus, who was also a physician, and who is introduced as one of the speakers in Plato's Symposium. [Plato, "Protagoras" p. 315, c.] [Plato, "Symposium" p. 176, c] He is also mentioned in the collection of letters first published by Leo Allatius in 1637 ("Epist. Socralis et Socraticorum"), and again by Orellius in 1815. [Citation
last = Greenhill
first = William Alexander
author-link =
contribution = Acumenus
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 17
publisher =
place = Boston, MA
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0026.html ]

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