Hermias the Philosopher
Also: Hermias
Born: the year and the place are not known. Died: the year and the place are not known.
The unknown author of a short Greek satire on the pagan philosophers; nothing is known of his life.
Wrote in Greek.
Places lived
No place is known. The page shows no place from guesswork.
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.
- Derision of the Pagan PhilosophersA short satire that sets the Greek philosophers against each other on the soul and on the first cause of things.3,195 words
How we know the dates and places
- Born not known
- Nothing is known of him outside the title of his work; Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia, https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc/encyc05/htm/iii.x.xxii.htm
- Place of birth not known
- Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia; Quasten, Patrology vol. 1
- Died not known
- Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia; Quasten, Patrology vol. 1
- Place of death not known
- Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia; Quasten, Patrology vol. 1