Democedes
Sign in to savethumb| Democedes of Croton (; ), described in The Histories of Herodotus as "the most skillful physician of his time".
Person
- Born
- 0600-01-01
- Died
- 0500-01-01
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 600 BCE
- Died
- 1 January 500 BCE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Crotone
- Place of death
- Crotone
- Occupation
- physician
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Image
- Democede di Crotone.jpg
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- classical antiquity
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- Democedes's background
- Democedes's travels
- Services rendered to Darius and Atossa
- Escape
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
thumb| Democedes of Croton (; ), described in The Histories of Herodotus as "the most skillful physician of his time".
==Democedes's background== Democedes was a Greek physician and a member of the court of Darius I. He was born in Croton, in Magna Graecia. His father was Calliphon, a priest and physician at Croton at the time of Pythagoras. His first position as physician seems to be in civil service of Athens and Aegina. Later he entered service under Polycrates. In 522 B.C., Polycrates, his entourage, and Democedes were all captured as Lydians by Oroetes and sent to Susa.