Hermotimus
historical figure · 2 works · 4 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Hermotimus of Pedasa
in the texts
De Anima
Figure deified by the people of Clazomenae after his death.
such as Hermotimus, to whom the people of Clazomenae dedicated a temple when he was dead;
How will he persuade me that he was Aethalides and Euphorbus and Pyrrhus the fisherman and Hermotimus, before Pythagoras, in order to persuade me that the living are made out of the dead — he who again perjured himself to be Pythagoras?
Aethalides, moreover, and Hermotimus had even thrust the bean into the common foods;
The Histories
Eunuch from Pedasa, castrated in youth by Panionius and later Xerxes's most trusted eunuch, who exacts a brutal revenge upon his former captor.
This, then, was the way in which Panionius was overtaken by vengeance at the hands of Hermotimus.
Now among the many whom Panionius had castrated was Hermotimus, who was not entirely unfortunate;
Now while the king was at Sardis and preparing to lead his Persian army against Athens, Hermotimus came for some business down to the part of Mysia which is inhabited by Chians and called Atarneus.