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Avtolimed
also: Автолимед
An invented mock-classical name Chekhov drops into a fake arithmetic word-problem, with the ring of a Greek historical figure but naming no one -- the joke rides on the collision of pseudo-scholarly precision (birth year, lifespan, travels) with total nonsense.
Reading notes
- Problems of a Madman Mathematician §2 Avtolimed
A mock-classical name Chekhov invents on the spot -- it has the ring of a Greek historical figure (like Autolycus or Diomedes) but names no one; the joke is that a textbook word-problem's stock 'historical' subject is pure nonsense.