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- ε3046ἙρμογένηςHermogenesC2 AD. See generally RE Hermogenes(22); OCD4 Hermogenes(2); PIR2 H149; FGrH 851, BNJ 851. [1] = 'rasp, plane'. [2] Probably the Athenian Stoic mentioned in Porphyry, Life of Plotinus 20 (RE Musonios (17)). This …
- α4630ἈφθόνιοςAphthonius, Aphthonios… [1] I [MH] have repunctuated (Adler's punctuation gives 'Progymnasmata on Hermogenes' Art', which makes little sense). For 'commentary' (hupomnema) understood before eis compare the citation of Porphyry's commentary on Minucianus' Art of Rhetoric in …
- ε3546Εὐκρίνειαclarity… according to Adler, the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword appears throughout Hermogenes and other rhetorical treatises as a technical term connected with safh/neia (precision); cf. the ps.-Platonic Definitions 414a4. cf. generally epsilon 3545, epsilon 3547. …
- α1041ἈκύλαςAquila… treatise On Figures of Thought and Speech. Syrianus' commentary on Hermogenes often cites a Neoplatonic philosopher named Aquila who wrote on rhetorical subjects; he could well be this man. Also, Flavius Sosipater Charisius cites …