Himerius
Sign in to saveAlso known as Himerius of Prusias
Himerius (; c. 315 – c. 386) was a Greek sophist and rhetorician. 24 of his orations have reached us complete, and fragments of 12 others survive.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 26 inbound references to Himerius, and connects out to Greece, Plato and Athens.
It sits within the topics 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica articles with no significant updates, 310s births and 380s deaths.
Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- ca. 310
- Died
- ca. 390
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Declamationes et orationes cum deperditarum fragmentis, Aristides Colonna recensuit
- Man and the word
- Himerios, Reden und Fragmente
- Himerii Declamationes et orationes cum deperditarum fragmentis
- Man and the word
via Open Library + Wikidata
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Bursa
- Place of death
- Athens
- Occupation
- rhetorician
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 0310-00-00
- date of death
- 0390-00-00
- time period
- Roman Empire
- writing language
- Ancient Greek
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Life and works
- Notes
- References
- Editions
- Studies and translations
Himerius (; c. 315 – c. 386) was a Greek sophist and rhetorician. 24 of his orations have reached us complete, and fragments of 12 others survive.
== Life and works ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Himerius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.