Alexias (
Greek
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: ) was an
ancient Greek physician who was a pupil of
Thrasyas of
Mantinea
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, and lived probably around the middle of the 4th century BC.
Theophrastus
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mentions him as having lived shortly before his time, and speaks highly of his abilities and acquirements. He was said to have equalled his master Thrasyas in the science of
botany
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, and to have exceeded him in other areas.
References
4th-century BC Greek physicians
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