Heraclas
Sign in to savethumb|right|Heraklas' sling XIII, the plinthios brokhos is produced in the same manner as a string figure. This example is formed in a doubled cord for better visibility. thumb|right|The diplous karkhesios brokhos or the modern bottle sling thumb|right|The epankylotos brokhos or the modern Tom fool's knot Heraklas () was a Greek physician of the 1st century AD whose descriptions of surgeons' knots and slings are preserved in book 48 of Oribasius' Medical Collections (Ἰατρικαὶ Συναγωγαί, Iatrikai Synagogai) under the title From Heraklas.
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- male
- Occupation
- physicist
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
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- date of death
- 0001-00-00
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- Ancient Greek
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- The knots identified
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- Notes and references
thumb|right|Heraklas' sling XIII, the plinthios brokhos is produced in the same manner as a string figure. This example is formed in a doubled cord for better visibility. thumb|right|The diplous karkhesios brokhos or the modern bottle sling thumb|right|The epankylotos brokhos or the modern Tom fool's knot Heraklas () was a Greek physician of the 1st century AD whose descriptions of surgeons' knots and slings are preserved in book 48 of Oribasius' Medical Collections (Ἰατρικαὶ Συναγωγαί, Iatrikai Synagogai) under the title From Heraklas.
Describing them in detail, Heraklas discussed 16 different knots and slings, including the earliest known written account of a string figure. Accompanying illustrations of the knots were added later by Renaissance copyists, but modern analysis of the writings by knot experts has shown many of these early drawings to contain significant errors or misinterpretations.
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