Hermogenes
- a proper name, e. g. Cic. Att. 12, 25; 13, 24; Suet. Dom. 10 al.; Tigellius Herm., v. Tigellius.—
- II Deriv.: Hermŏgĕnĭānus, a, um, adj., belonging to one Hermogenes: equi, Cod. Theod. 10 6, 1.
(Ἑρμογένης). (1) A Greek rhetorician of Tarsus in Cilicia, who flourished in the middle of the second century A.D. He came to Rome as a rhetorician as early as his fifteenth year, and excited universal admiration, especially on the part of the emperor Marcus Aurelius. In his twenty-fourth year he lost his memory, and never recovered it, though he lived to a great age. After his death his heart is said to have been found to be covered with hair. His work on rhetoric, which still exists, enjoyed a remarkable popularity, and was for a long time the principal text-book of rhetoric; it was also epitomized, and was the subject of numerous commentaries. The work itself consists of five sections: (i.) On points at issue in legal causes; (ii.) On the art of discovering arguments; (iii.) On the various forms of oratorical style; (iv.) On political orations in particular, and on the art of eloquent and effective speaking; (v.) The last section consists of rhetorical exercises (Προγυμνάσματα), which were cast into a fresh form by Aphthonius, and translated into Latin by Priscian, with the title Praeexercitamenta. It is printed in Halm's Rhetores Latini, p. 551. See Hoppichler, De Hermogene Progymnasmatum Scriptore (1884).
(2) Hermogĕnes Tigellius. (See Tigellius.)
(3) An architect of Alabanda, who is said to have devised the so-called pseudo-dipterus form of temple. See Templum.
- sculptor: Paus. 2.2.8
- Olympic victor, surnamed Horse: Paus. 6.13.3