Olympicus

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Olympicus or Olympiacus was a physician of Miletus of the 1st century AD.[1][2]

He belonged to the sect of the Methodici, although he did not fully embrace their doctrines (Galen). He was the tutor of Apollonius of Cyprus.[1]

Head of the methodical school in Alexandria, during the reign of Vespasian.[3]

Galen described him as a frivolous person.[2]

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