Hermippus
cited 2 times by 2 works in the library · not held
also in the atlas: Hermippus the figure
The library holds nothing under this name. Two of its books reach for it anyway — that is what puts it on the corpus's wanted list.
2 neutral
cited by
2 citations · from 2 works-
Vitae philosophorum Diogenes Laertius 1 neutral 1 citation
Hermippus is explicitly named as relating this account.
Hermippus relates that on the eve of war between Ephesus and Magnesia he favoured the cause of the Ephesians, and inquired of some one passing by where he came from, and on receiving the reply From Ephesus, he said, Drag me by the legs and place me in the territory of Magnesia;
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Demosthenes Plutarch 1 neutral 1 citation · 2 passages
Hermippus is cited twice as a transmitting authority: once for Archias's rhetorical training, once as the relayer of Pappus's account.
But Hermippus states that Archias was one of the pupils of Lacritus the rhetorician;
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- relied on as a source of legitimacy
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- identified or reported
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- argued against
- extended
- developed or continued
- endorsed
- agreed with
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- italic
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