Hermogenes (philosopher)
Hermogenes (
.Life
Hermogenes was the son of
Hipponicus, brother of the wealthy Callias, and resident of the Alopece deme alongside Socrates. Although he belonged to the great family of Callias, he is mentioned by Xenophon as a man of very little property,[1] suggesting that he may have been an illegitimate son of Hipponicus.[2] Plato, on the other hand, suggests that he was unjustly deprived of his property by Callias, his brother.[3]
He is an interlocutor in Plato's Diogenes Laërtius states that he was one of the teachers of Plato,[4] but this claim does not appear elsewhere in the surviving literature.
See also
Notes
- ^ Xenophon, Memorabilia, ii. 10. § 3, Symposium, i. 3, Apology, 2
- ^ Debra Nails, The People of Plato, Hackett Publishing: 2002; pp. 163
- ^ Plato, Cratylus
- ^ Diogenes Laërtius, iii. 6
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Hermogenes (2)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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