- Agapius (physician)
:"This is an article about the ancient physician. For other uses, see
Agapius (disambiguation) .Agapius (Gr. polytonic|Ἀγάπιος) was an ancient physician of
Alexandria , who taught and practiced medicine atByzantium with great success and reputation, and acquired immense riches. Of his date it can only be determined, that he must have lived before the end of the fifth century, asDamascius (from whom Photius, "Biblioth". cod. 242, and theSuda have taken their account of him) lived about that time. [Citation
last = Greenhill
first = William Alexander
author-link =
contribution = Aegiduchos
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title =Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 60
publisher =
place = Boston
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0069.html ]References
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