claim: The Fly is exclusively a novel.
evidence: Al-Khuri , also known as Yusuf al-Qass -LRB- Joseph the Priest -RRB- or as Al-Sahir -LRB- The Vigilant -RRB- , was an ancient physician , mathematician , and translator .. Before his death in 912 , he translated the Syriac texts of Archimedes ' lost work on triangles and Galen 's `` De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus '' into Arabic .. Syriac. Syriac language. Archimedes. Archimedes. Galen. Galen