Menodotus of Nicomedia

Menodotus of Nicomedia (Greek: Μηνόδοτος ὁ Νικομηδεύς; 2nd century CE), in Bithynia, was a physician; a pupil of Antiochus of Laodicea; and tutor to Herodotus of Tarsus. He belonged to the Empiric school, and lived probably about the beginning of the 2nd century CE.^[1] He refuted some of the opinions of Asclepiades of Bithynia,^[2] and was exceedingly severe against the Dogmatic school.^[3] He enjoyed a considerable reputation in his day, and is several times quoted and mentioned by Galen.^[4] He appears to have written some works which are quoted by Diogenes Laërtius, but are not now extant.

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^ Diogenes Laërtius, ix. §116; Galen, De Meth. Med. ii. 7, Introd. c. 4.; Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhon. Hypotyp. i. § 222
^ Galen, De Nat. Facult. i. 14
^ Galen, De Subfig. Empir. c. 9, 13
^ Galen, De Cur. Rat. per Ven. Sect. c. 9; Comment, in Hippocr. "De Artic" iii. 62; Comment, in Hippocr. "De Rat. Vict. in Morb. Acut." iv. 17; De Libr. Propr. c. 9; De Compos. Medicam. sec. Locos, vi. i.