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Theomnestus

Θεόμνηστος

(Θεόμνηστος), one of the Greek writers on veterinary surgery, who may perhaps have lived in the fourth or fifth century after Christ.

Works

Fragments on Veterinary Surgery

None of his works remain.

Editions

Some fragments are to be found in the collection of writers on veterinary surgery, first published in Latin by John Ruellius, 1530, fol. Paris, and afterwards in Greek by Simon Grynaeus, 1537, 4to. Basil.

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.