A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
William Smith, Ed.

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Evax

said to have been a king of Arabia.

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Works

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De Simplicium Effectibus

He is mentioned in some editions of Pliny (Plin. Nat. 25.4) as having written a work De Simplicium Effectibus, addressed to Nero, that is, the emperor Tiberius, A. D. 14-37. This paragraph, however, is wanting in the best MSS., and has accordingly been omitted in most modern editions of Pliny. (See Salmas. Prolegom. ad Homon.. Hyles Iatr. p. 15; Harduin's Notes to Pliny, l.c.）

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On Precious Stones

He is said by Marbodus (or Marbodaeus), in the prologue to his poem on Precious Stones, to have written a work on this subject addressed to Tiberius, from which his own is partly taken.

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De Nominibus et Virtutibus Lapidum qui in Artem Medicinae recipiuntur

A Latin prose work, professing to belong to Evax, entitled De Nominibus et Virtutibus Lapidum qui in Artem Medicinae recipiuntur, is to be found in a MS. in the Bodleian library at Oxford (Hatton, 100), and probably in other European libraries.

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Works of Mardobius

The work of Marbodus has been published and quoted under the name of Evax.

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Further Information

See Choulant, Handbuch der Bücherkunde für die Aetere Medicin, 2nd ed. art. Marbodus.

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