Apollophanes (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλοφάνης) was a native of Seleucia, and physician to Antiochus the Great, king of Syria, from 223 to 187 BCE, with whom, as appears from Polybius, he possessed considerable influence.
de Nummis quibusdam a Smyrnaeis in Medicorum Honorem percussis (Lond.
), thinks that two bronze coins, struck in honor of a person named Apollophanes, refer to the physician of this name; but this is now generally considered to be a mistake.
[2] A physician of the same name is mentioned by several ancient medical writers.
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.