Dioscorides

Pedacius, or Ped= anius, a Greek physician; was a native of Anazarba, in Cilicia, and, probably in the 2d century of our era, accompanied the Roman armies as physician through many countries. He has left a great work on materia medic a, in five books, in which he treats of all the then known medicinal substances and their properties, real or reputed. His authority in botany and materia medic a was long undisputed. ‘ Dioscuri, the cla ical name for Castor and Pollux, twin brothers (Pollux being the son of Zeus) and tutelary deities of wrestlers, horesmen, and navigators. Their transplantation to the sky as one of the 12 constellations of the zodiac (the Twins) is a celebrated allegory of mythology. They are sometimes styled Tynd a ride, because Tyndarus was the nominal father of beth.