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Headword: *bw=los
Adler number: beta,481
Translated headword: Bôlos, Bolus
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

Democritean,[1] philosopher. [He wrote works called] Inquiry and Medical Art. [The latter] has natural medical remedies from some resources of nature.

Greek Original:

*bw=los, *dhmo/kritos, filo/sofos. *(istori/an kai\ *te/xnhn i)atrikh/n. e)/xei de\ i)a/seis fusika\s a)po/ tinwn bohqhma/twn th=s fu/sews.

Notes:

Bôlos the Democritean is now thought to be the same as Bôlos of Mendes (beta 482): see OCD(4) s.v. (p.239).
[1] The transmitted text simply says "Demokritos" (delta 447, delta 448); obviously what is needed is the adjective from that name, Demokriteios.

References:

P.M. Fraser. Ptolemaic Alexandria. 3 vols. Oxford, 1972. V.i, pp.440-444; v.2, pp. 636-46
J.P. Hershbell. 'Democritus and the beginnnings of Greek alchemy'. Ambix, 34(i), 1987, pp.5-20

Keywords: biography; botany; geography; medicine; philosophy
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 June 2002@00:18:39.
Vetted by:

David Whitehead (internal rearrangement; augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 11 June 2002@03:27:45.
Monte Johnson (modified translation; augmented bibliography) on 6 April 2003@22:31:36.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 13 June 2011@03:45:56.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 3 June 2012@06:39:12.
David Whitehead (updated a ref) on 1 August 2014@05:48:17.

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