---
name: Asclepius the Physician
name_greek: Ἀσκληπιός ὁ Ἰατρός
eul_aid: ave
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/asclepius-the-physician-ave"
period: Archaic
dialect: Epic (Homeric)
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Asclepius the Physician

*Ἀσκληπιός ὁ Ἰατρός*

**eul_aid:** `ave` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/asclepius-the-physician-ave)

Asclepius the Physician, a 5th century BCE Greek medical writer. Two surviving works in Epic dialect. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Commentary-Nicomachus of Gerasa's Introduction to Arithmetic](https://eulogikon.org/works/asclepius-nicomachus-arithmetic-ave-aa) — *Σχόλια εἰς τὴν Νικομάχου Γερασηνοῦ Ἀριθμητικὴν* · `ave-aa`
- [On Aristotle's Metaphysics Books A-Z. Commentary](https://eulogikon.org/works/asclepius-aristotle-metaphysics-commentary-ave-ab) — *Σχόλια εἰς τὰ μεταφυσικὰ Ἀριστοτέλους, Βιβλία Α-Ω* · `ave-ab`

## License and provenance

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