Erastus (e-rastus), Thomas (Grecized from Lieber or Liebler)

[Gr. ἐραστός, lovely, beloved.] Born at Auggen, near Badenweiler, Germany, 1524: died at Basel, Switzerland, 1583. A physician and Protestant controversialist. - His chief work, a collection of theses on excom muni cation, was published in 1589. Eric the Red forgets all the duties of chivalry in her embraces; his va als complain bitterly of his sloth, and Enide rouses him to exertion. Attended by her alone, he sets out in quest of adventures, of which a variety are related.