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Alexippus

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Alexippus (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξιππος) was an ancient Greek physician who was mentioned by Plutarch as having received a letter from Alexander the Great himself, to thank him for having cured one of his officers, a man named Peucestas, of a wound incurred during a bear hunt probably around 327 BC.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Plutarch, Alex. 41.3.
  2. ^ Greenhill, William Alexander (1867). "Alexippus". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 128.
  3. ^ Heckel, Waldemar (2006). Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 1-4051-1210-7.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William, ed. (1870). "Alexippus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.