Acumenus

Acumenus (Greek: Ἀκουμενός) was a physician of Athens who lived in the 5th century BC. He was mentioned as the friend and companion of Socrates.[1][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.[3][4] 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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Plato, Phaedrus init.
  2. ↑ Xen. Memor. iii. 13. § 2
  3. ↑ Plato, Protagoras p. 315, c.
  4. ↑ Plato, Symposium p. 176, c
  5. ↑ Greenhill, William Alexander (1867), "Acumenus", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1, Boston, MA, p. 17

Sources

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Acumenus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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