Polyeides

(Πολυείδης), a Greek physician who must have lived in or before the first century after Christ, as he is quoted by Celsus * In some editions of Celsus he is called Polybus, or Polybius ; but upon comparison of these passages with the other authors who mention him, it appears most probable that the true reading is Polyides. (De Med. 5.20.2, 26.23, 6.7.3, pp. 91, 100, 127) and Andromachus (ap. Gal. De Compos. Medicam. sec. Gen. 5.12, vol. xiii. p. 834). Works A Pharmaceutical Work

He appears to have written a pharmaceutical work, as his medical formulae are several times referred to by Galen (De Meth. Med. 5.6, 6.3, vol. x. pp. 330, 405, Ad Glauc. de Meth. Med. 2.3, 11, vol. xi. pp. 87, 137, De Simplic. Medicam. Temper. ac Facult. 10.2.13, vol. xii. p. 276, De Compos. Medicam. sec. Gen. 3.3, vol. xiii. p. 613), Caelius Aurelianus (De Morb. Acut. 3.3, 5, pp. 186, 198), Paulus Aegineta (4.25, 7.12, pp. 514, 663), Aetius (3.1. 48, 4.2. 50, 58, 4.4. 64, pp. 504, 715, 725, 809), Oribasius (Ad Eunap. 4.128, p. 674), and Nicolaus Myrepsus (De Compos. Medicam. 41.44, p. 788). [W.A.G]