Agathotychus

{{Short description|Ancient Greek veterinary and writer}}

Agathotychus ({{langx|grc|Ἀγαθότυχος}}) was an ancient veterinary surgeon, whose date and history are unknown,{{cite book | last = Baas | first = Johann Hermann | authorlink = Johann Hermann Baas | title = Outlines of the History of Medicine and the Medical Profession | publisher = J. H. Vail | year = 1889 | pages = 191 | url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9e8IAAAAIAAJ | quote = agathotychus. }} but who probably lived in the 4th or 5th century AD.{{Cite book | last = Greenhill | first = William Alexander | contribution = Agathotychus | editor-last = Smith | editor-first = William | title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology | volume = 1 | pages = 66 | place = Boston | year = 1867 | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0075.html | access-date = 2008-05-06 | archive-date = 2011-05-14 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110514055411/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0075.html | url-status = dead }} Some fragments of his writings are to be found in the collection of works on this subject first published in a Latin translation by Joseph Ruellius, Veterinariae Medicinae Libri duo.Joseph Ruellius, Veterinariae Medicinae Libri duo, Paris. 1530, fol., and afterwards in Greek by Grynaeus, Basil. 1537, 4to.