person
Asclapo of Patrae
Asclapo
also: Asclapo, Asclapone, Asclapone Patrensi
Greek physician of Patrae (Achaea) who attended members of Cicero's household and won his personal confidence for both skill and loyalty. Cicero recommends him to Servius Sulpicius Rufus in Fam. 13.20. The name is a Latinised form of Greek Asklapon, derived from the healing god Asclepius.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 13.20 §1 Asclapo, a physician of Patrae
Asclapo (Greek Asklapon, a name derived from the healing god Asclepius) is otherwise unknown; he was a Greek physician at Patrae (modern Patras), a Roman colony in Achaea, who had attended members of Cicero's household and won Cicero's personal confidence.
- Ad Familiares 16.4 §1 As for the doctor
The physician treating Tiro at Patrae is Asclapo, named in the later letters of this group (16.9); Cicero respects his reputation but distrusts his prescriptions here.
- Ad Familiares 16.9 §2 Asclapo the doctor
Asclapo, the physician at Patrae attending the sick Tiro.
- Ad Familiares 16.14 §2 Tell them to promise the doctor whatever fee he asks
The physician treating the sick Tiro at Patrae, identified elsewhere as Asclapo; Cicero authorizes an open-ended fee to secure his best care.