ACRON  , a See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek physician, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• AGRIGENTUM (Gr. 'Arcpayas, mod. Girgenti (q.v.))

Agrigentum in See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, was contemporary with See also:

• EMPEDOCLES (c. 490–430 B.C.)

Empedocles, and must therefore have lived in the 5th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century before See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ . The successful measure of See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting large fires, and purifying the See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air with perfumes, to put a stop to the See also:

• PLAGUE (in Gr. Xotµos; in Lat. pestis, pestilentia)

plague in See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens (430 B.C.), is said to have originated with him; but this has been questioned on See also:

• CHRONOLOGICAL

chronological /N 'N) grounds . Suidas gives the titles of several medical See also:

• WORKS

works written by him in the Doric See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect .