Heraclides of Pontus on the joy of madness — Ancient Medicine

“In his book On Pleasure , Heraclides of Pontus relates not unpleasantly that a most pleasant luxury occured during a fit of madness. He writes: ‘Thrasyllus from Aexone, the son of Pythodorus, once went so mad that he thought all the ships arriving at Piraeus were his own. He would regi