Arcyon (Ancient Greek:Ἀρκύων), or, as others read,Alcyon (Ἀλκύων), was a surgeon inancient Rome, who was mentioned by the historianJosephus as having been called in to attend to those persons who had been wounded at the emperorCaligula's assassination in the year 41 AD.[1] Several conspirators owed their lives to Arcyon, as he spirited them away via a passage on the pretext of needing to find medical supplies.[2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: wag (1870)."Arcyon". InSmith, William (ed.).Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 274.
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