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Asclēpĭădes, ae, m., = Ἀσκληπιάδης.

  1. I. A distinguished physician of Prusa, in Bithynia, friend of Crassus, Cic. de Or. 1, 14, 62; Cels. 3, 4; Plin. 7, 37, 37, § 124; 26, 3, 8, § 15 sq.; Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 8.
  2. II. A blind philosopher of Eretria, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 113.
  3. III. A Greek poet, inventor of the metre named after him metrum Asclepiadeum (e. g. Hor. C. 1, 1: Maecenas atavis edite regibus), Diom. p. 508 P.