Apollonios of Kition

Apollonios of Kition (or Apollonius of Citium; Greek: Ἀπολλώνιος ὁ Κιτιεύς), was a physician (fl.

[3] The fame of Apollonios was spread all over the ancient Greek world, and he was considered to be the most important of all Cypriot physicians.

Important personalities such as Strabo, Cicero and Pedanius Dioscorides have also written positive comments on Apollonios.

Apollonios wrote several books on medicine[7] but his most important (and the one that survived) is Peri Arthron (On Joints, Greek: Περὶ Ἄρθρων) which is a study of the teachings of Hippocrates on the subject.

In May 2013 the Kyriazis Medical Museum in Larnaca organised a major event celebrating the 2000 years since Apollonios' death.