Bacchius of Tanagra

{{short description|3rd-century BC Greek physician}}

Bacchius of Tanagra (or Baccheius, {{langx|el|Βακχεῖος ὁ Ταναγραῖος}}; 3rd century BC), was one of the earliest commentators on the writings of Hippocrates and was a native of Tanagra in Boeotia.Erotianus, Gloss. Hippocr. He was a follower of Herophilos,Galen, Comment. in Hippocr. Aphor., vii. 70. vol. xviii. pt. i. and a contemporary of Philinus. Therefore, he must have lived in the 3rd century BC. Of his writings, (which were both valuable and interesting) nothing remains but a few fragments preserved by Erotianus and Galen, by whom he is frequently mentioned.Erotianus, Gloss. Hippocr.; Galen, Comment. in Hippocr. Epid. VI., i. prooem. vol. xvii. pt. i.; Comment. in Hippocr. de Med. Offic., i. prooem. vol. xviii. pt. ii.