Periander
Περίανδρος
(Περίανδρος), a Greek physician in the fourth century B. C. He enjoyed some reputation in his profession, but was also fond of writing poor verses, which made Archidamus, the son of Agesilaus, ask him how he could possibly wish to be called a bad poet rather than an accomplished physician. (Plut. Apophthegm. Lacon. vol. ii. p. 125. ed Tauchin.)
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.