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• HIMERIUS (c. A.D. 315-386)

HIMERIUS (c. A.D. 315-386)  , See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek sophist and rhetorician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Prusa in See also:

• BITHYNIA (BtOvpta)

Bithynia . He completed his See also:

• EDUCATION

education at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, whence he was summoned to See also:

• ANTIOCH

Antioch in 362 by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• JULIAN (FLAVIUS CLAUDIUS JULIANUS) (331-363)

Julian to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act as his private secretary . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of Julian in the following See also:

• YEAR

year See also:

• HIMERIUS (c. A.D. 315-386)

Himerius returned to Athens, where he established a school of See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric, which he compared with that of Isocrates and the Delphic See also:

• ORACLE (Lat. oraculum, from ora' to pray; the corresponding Greek word is uavreiov or Xpnuri7pwov)

oracle, owing to the number of those who flocked from all parts of the See also:

• WORLD

world to hear him . Amongst his pupils were See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory of Nazianzus and See also:

• BASIL (Russ. VASILY)

Basil the See also:

• GREAT

Great, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Caesarea . In recognition of his merits, civic rights and the membership of the See also:

• AREOPAGUS ("Apews Ilayos)

Areopagus were conferred upon him . The death of his son See also:

• RUFINUS, TYRANNIUS

Rufinus (his lament for whom, called µovy3la, is extant) and that of a favourite daughter greatly affected his See also:

• HEALTH

health; in his later years he became See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind and he died of See also:

• EPILEPSY (Gr. &L, upon, and kaµ)3avew, to seize), or FALLING

epilepsy . Although a See also:

• HEATHEN

heathen, who had been initiated into the mysteries of Mithra by Julian, he shows no See also:

• PREJUDICE (Lat. praejudicium)

prejudice against the Christians . Himerius is a typical representative of the later rhetorical See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools . See also:

• PHOTIUS
• PHOTIUS (c. 82o-891)

Photius (See also:

• COD

cod . 165, 243 See also:

• BEKKER (or WOLFF), ELIZABETH (1738–1804)
• BEKKER, AUGUST IMMANUEL (1785–1871)
• BEKKER, BALTHASAR (1634–1698)

Bekker) had read 71 speeches by him, of 36 of which he has given an See also:

• EPITOME
• EPITOME (Gr. lircroui, from isrLTEµveW, to cut short)

epitome; 24 have come down to us See also:

• COMPLETE

complete and fragments of to or 12 others . They consist of epideictic or " display " speeches after the See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of See also:

• ARISTIDES
• ARISTIDES ['Apuvrei817s] (c. 530—468 B.C.)
• ARISTIDES, AELIUS
• ARISTIDES, APOLOGY OF
• ARISTIDES, QUINTILIANUS

Aristides, the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of them having been delivered on See also:

• SPECIAL

special occasions, such as the arrival of a new See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor, visits to different cities (Thessalonica, See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople), or the death of See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends or well-known personages . The Polemarchicus, like the Menexenus of See also:

• PLATO

Plato and the Epitaphios See also:

• LOGOS (X4os)

Logos of See also:

• HYPEREIDES (c. 390-322 B.c.)

Hypereides, is a See also:

• PANEGYRIC

panegyric of those who had given their lives for their See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country; it is so called because it was originally the See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty of the polemarch to arrange the funeral See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of those who had fallen in See also:

• BATTLE

battle .

Other declamations, only known from the excerpts in Photius, were imaginary orations put into the mouth of famous persons—See also:

• DEMOSTHENES

Demosthenes advocating the recall of See also:

• AESCHINES (389-314 B.C.)
• AESCHINES (5th century B.C.)

Aeschines from banishment, Hypereides supporting the policy of Demosthenes, See also:

• THEMISTOCLES (c. 514-449 B.C.)

Themistocles inveighing against the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• PERSIA

Persia, an orator unnamed attacking See also:

• EPICURUS (342–270 B.C.)

Epicurus for See also:

• ATHEISM (from Gr. as, privative, and Oebs, God)

atheism before Julian at Constantinople . Himerius is more of a poet than a rhetorician, and his declamations are valuable as giving See also:

• PROSE

prose versions or even the actual words of lost poems by Greek lyric writers . The prose poem on the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus and his greeting to Basil at the beginning of See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring are quite in the spirit of the old lyric . Himerius possesses vigour of See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and descriptive See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers, though his productions are spoilt by too frequent use of imagery, allegorical and metaphorical obscurities, mannerism and ostentatious learning . But they are valuable for the See also:

• HISTORY

history and social conditions of the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, although lacking the sincerity characteristic of See also:

• LIBANIUS (A.D. 314-393)

Libanius . See See also:

• EUNAPIUS

Eunapius, Vitae sophistarum; Suidas, s.v.; See also:

• EDITIONS

editions by G . Wernsdorf (1790), with valuable introduction and commentaries, and by F . See also:

• DUBNER, JOHANN FRIEDRICH (1802–1867)

Dubner (1849) in the See also:

• DIDOT

Didot See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series; C . Teuber, Quaestiones Ilimerianae (See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau, 1882); on the style, E . See also:

• NORDEN
• NORDEN, JOHN (1548-1625?)

Norden, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die antike Kunstprosa (1898) .