Democedes

Democedes in Wikipedia

Democedes of Croton, described in The Histories of Herodotus as "the most skillful physician of his time". Democedes's Background Democedes was a Greek physician and a part of the court of Darius I. He was born in Croton, part of present-day Italy. His father was Calliphon, a priest as part of Asclepius. His first part as physician seems to be in ...

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Democēdes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

（Δημοκήδης). A celebrated physician of Crotona (Herod.iii. 129). He practised medicine successively at Aegina, Athens, and Samos. He was taken prisoner by the Persians, in B.C. 522, and was sent to Susa to the court of Darius. Here he acquired great reputation by curing the king's foot and the breast of the queen Atossa. Notwithstanding his honours...

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