Polyeides
(Πολυείδης), a Greek physician who must have lived in or before the first century after Christ, as he is quoted by Celsus 1 (De Med. 5.20.2, 26.23, 6.7.3, pp. 91, 100, 127) and Andromachus (ap. Gal. De Compos. Medicam. sec. Gen. 5.12, vol. xiii. p. 834).
Works
A Pharmaceutical Work
He appears to have written a pharmaceutical work, as his medical formulae are several times referred to by Galen (De Meth. Med. 5.6, 6.3, vol. x. pp. 330, 405, Ad Glauc. de Meth. Med. 2.3, 11, vol. xi. pp. 87, 137, De Simplic. Medicam. Temper. ac Facult. 10.2.13, vol. xii. p. 276, De Compos. Medicam. sec. Gen. 3.3, vol. xiii. p. 613), Caelius Aurelianus (De Morb. Acut. 3.3, 5, pp. 186, 198), Paulus Aegineta (4.25, 7.12, pp. 514, 663), Aetius (3.1. 48, 4.2. 50, 58, 4.4. 64, pp. 504, 715, 725, 809), Oribasius (Ad Eunap. 4.128, p. 674), and Nicolaus Myrepsus (De Compos. Medicam. 41.44, p. 788).[W.A.G]