Hermarchus
Hermarchus, i, m.
- Of Mitylene, a disciple of Epicurus, Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 96; id. N. D. 1, 33, 93; id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 30, 97.—
- II Of Chios, Auct. Harusp. Resp. 16, 34.
Hermarchus, (13) ī, m. (Ἕρμαρχος), philosophe de Mitylène : Cic. Fin. 2, 96 || de Chios : Cic. Har. 34.
Hermarchus
(Ἕρμαρχος). A rhetorician of Mitylené who became a disciple of Epicurus, and finally succeeded him as head of the school about B.C. 270. A letter of Epicurus to him is preserved by Cicero (De Fin. ii. 30). His philosophical works are lost. See Diog. Laert. x. 17, 24.