Himerius

Himerius (c. 320 Prusias ad Hypium in Bithynia, † after 383 Athens ) was an important Athenian rhetor of Late Antiquity.

Life

Himerius was born around 320, the son of Bithynia rhetorician Ameinias. He spent his childhood in Prusias, his rhetoric Studies in Athens; whether he was a pupil there of Proaeresius, as has been variously suggested, can not be decided. After completing his studies, he went first to Constantinople Opel and opened there probably 343 a school. By 352, he remained in the capital, before he moved to Athens and there began his teaching career. In the winter of 361/362, he went to the court of Emperor Julian, because he apparently hoped that a position at court. The early death of the Emperor made ​​this - well anyway exaggerated - but hope to naught. After the death of emperor Julian initially loses track of Himerius; he seems to have just returned from 369 to Athens, and take up teaching again. Until his death, he should have never left Athens.

Work

Overall, either directly or in a more or less detailed excerpts ( excerpts ) have the Photios get 74 speeches. Its content involves exercise speeches from the school system, welcoming addresses to imperial officials and speeches to private occasions. Himerius distinguishes itself by a pronounced Asianischen, sometimes almost poetic style that was typical of the time, but later little recognition has been found.

Expenditure

• H. Völker: Himerius. Speeches and fragments. Wiesbaden 2003. - Basic translation of the words of Himerius with detailed, current research lecturers Introduction.
• A. Colonna: Himerius. Declamationes et orationes cum deperditarum Fragmentis. Rome 1951.

• Rhetorician ( 4th century )
• Rhetoricians of antiquity
• Greek ( Ancient )
• Born in the 4th century
• Died in the 4th century
• Man