Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Erasistratus, Herophilos, Divine Judgment

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Richard Brown

Document Summary

Born in stagira in chalcidice (near modern thessalonike). His father nicomachus was a member of the medical guild of the asclepiadae (doctors), and court physician to amyntas ii of macedon. A. likely did not receive medical training because both parents died when he was extremely young. At 17 he travelled to athens and entered plato"s academy, where he remained until plato"s death in 347 bc. A has much admiration and criticism for plato. Some passages where plato might be responding to a"s criticisms. After plato dies, a goes to asia minor (the troad area the region near troy). Hermeias, ruler of assos and atarneus (two cities in the troad). 342 bc, a goes to macedon by invitation of king philip ii, and tutors his son alexander (the. They had a good relationship later, it seems alex even had his soldiers send specimen samples back to aristotle when his troops in persia.