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Crateuas

克拉泰夫阿斯

Crateuas

Crateuas

Years
Birthplace
Royal Physician
Pharmacologist
Rootpicker

Biography

Crateuas (111–64 BC), also known as Cratevas (Latin), Krateuas, or Kratevas (Ancient Greek: Κρατεύας), was a Greek doctor, pharmacologist, and friend of Mithradates VI Eupator. He was distinguished from others of the same name by the epithet "Rootpicker" or "Rhizotomist" (ὁ ῥιζοτόμος, ho rhizotómos) after the Greek name of his principle work, the Herbology.

Inspiring Quote

"Plants are the source of healing diseases."

—— Dioscorides' De Materia Medica

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