Now this is how Democedes had come from +Croton [17.1333,39.0833] (Perseus) Croton to live with Polycrates: he was oppressed by a harsh-tempered father at +Croton [17.1333,39.0833] (Perseus) Croton ; since he could not stand him, he left him and went to +Aegina [23.433,37.75] (inhabited place), Aegina, Attica, Central Greece and Euboea, Greece, Europe Aegina . Within the first year after settling there, he excelled the rest of the physicians, although he had no equipment nor any medical implements.
Histories. Herodotus. ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge. 1920-1925.
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