Molpis
Molpis
(Μολπίς), a Laconian, the author of a work on the constitution and customs of the Lacedaemonians, entitled Λακεδαιμονίων πολιτεία, quoted by Athenaeus (iv. p. 140, xiv. p. 664). [C.P.M]
Molpis
(Μόλπις), a Greek surgeon mentioned by Heracleides of Tarentum (ap. Gal. Comment. in Hippocr. "De Artic." 4.40, vol. xviii. pt. i. p. 736), who must therefore have lived in or before the third century B. C. He wrote apparently on fractures and luxations. [W.A.G]