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Agathotychus

Ἀγαθότυχος

(Ἀγαθότυχος) an ancient veterinary surgeon, whose date aud history are unknown, but who probably lived in the fourth or fifth century after Christ.

Works

Fragments on Veterinary Surgery

Editions

Some fragments of his writings are to be found in the collection of works on this subject first published in a Latin translation by Jo. Ruehllius, Veterinariae Medicinae Libri duo, Paris. 1530, fol., and afterwards in Greek by Grynaecus, Basil. 1537, 4to.

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.