Crateuas (physician)

Image of *P. lanceolata* (lamb's tongue) in the Vienna Dioscurides,^[3] an example of a possible copy from manuscripts of Krateuas's work.

Crateuas^[4] (111–64 BC),^[5] also known as Cratevas^[6] (Latin), Krateuas,^[7] or Kratevas^[5] (Greek: Κρατεύας),^[8] was a Greek doctor and pharmacologist. He was distinguished from others of the same name by the epithet "Rootpicker" or "Rhizotomist" (ὁ ῥιζοτόμος, ho rhizotómos) after the Greek name of his principle work, the Herbology.

^ Dioscurides 1907, Cod. Vindobonensis med. gr. 1, fol. 3v.
^ Der Wiener Dioskurides (1998), p. 18.
^ Dioscurides 1907, Cod. Vindobonensis med. gr. 1, fol. 29v.
^ Pliny, §25.4.
^ ^a ^b Totelin (2004), p. 4.
^ Burgess (1902), p. 118.
^ Wellmann (1897).
^ Dioscurides (1907), Vol. I, §1.1.

[FOOTNOTEDioscurides1907[[Vienna_Dioscurides|Cod._Vindobonensis_med._gr._1]],_fol._3v-1] Dioscurides 1907, Cod. Vindobonensis med. gr. 1, fol. 3v.

[FOOTNOTE''Der_Wiener_Dioskurides''199818-2] Der Wiener Dioskurides (1998), p. 18.

[FOOTNOTEDioscurides1907[[Vienna_Dioscurides|Cod._Vindobonensis_med._gr._1]],_fol._29v-3] Dioscurides 1907, Cod. Vindobonensis med. gr. 1, fol. 29v.

[FOOTNOTEPliny[httpwwwperseustuftseduhoppertextdocPerseus3Atext3A19990201373Abook3D25_§25.4]-4] Pliny, §25.4.

[FOOTNOTETotelin20044-5] Totelin (2004), p. 4.

[FOOTNOTEBurgess1902118-6] Burgess (1902), p. 118.

[FOOTNOTEWellmann1897-7] Wellmann (1897).

[FOOTNOTEDioscurides1907Vol._I,_§1.1-8] Dioscurides (1907), Vol. I, §1.1.

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