Alexion

Alexion (d. 44 BCE) was an ancient physician. His name and profession are known from a lamentation on his sudden death, authored by his close friend Cicero.[1] His name suggests that he was Greek.[2]

For the pharmaceutical company, see Alexion Pharmaceuticals.

References

1. Cicero, Ad Atticus vii. 2, xiii. 25, xv. 1. d 2
2. Greenhill, William Alexander (1867). "Alexion". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 128.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Alexion". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.