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	Hierocles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hierocles was a common first name in the Hellenized world and later in the Roman Empire that conquered much of it.
		Hierocles- proconsul of Bithynia and Alexandria, during the reign of Diocletian.
		Hierocles- the presumed lover and court official of the emperor Elagabalus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hierocles (135 words)

	Hierocles of Alexandria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hierocles of Alexandria was a Neoplatonist writer who was active around AD He studied under Plutarch at Athens, and taught for some years in his native city.
		He seems to have been banished from Alexandria and to have taken up his abode in Constantinople, where he gave such offence by his religious opinions that he was thrown into prison and cruelly flogged.
		The collection of some 260 witticisms attributed to Hierocles and Philagrius has no connection with Hierocles of Alexandria, but is probably a compilation of later date, founded on two older collections.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hierocles_of_Alexandria (299 words)

	Theosophy Library Online - Great Teacher Series - HIEROCLES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hierocles of Alexandria showed none of the profound philosophical understanding of Syrianus or sheer intellectual creativity of Proclus, but he possessed a pristine ethical integrity and quiet inner courage that commended him to Plutarch's careful attention.
		Hierocles was from Alexandria, had the moral and mental fortitude for a difficult task and was willing to bear the torch of truth in the face of physical danger.
		Hierocles pointed to Plato as "the most exact master of the doctrine of Pythagoras" and to the Golden Verses as the supreme summation of philosophy, "for they contain the universal precepts of all philosophy as well as for the active and the contemplative life".
	www.theosophy.org /tlodocs/teachers/Hierocles.htm (2727 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2003.06.10
		The main controversy tackled by Schibli in regard to the philosophy of Hierocles is the vexing one of whether or not he adhered to the tenet one supposes is the condition sine qua non of any version of Neoplatonism, namely, that the universe flows from a single, perfect, absolutely simple first principle.
		The argument is briefly that in chapter 20 of the Commentary Hierocles identifies the Demiurge with the Pythagorean tetractys or tetrad.
		But it is inconceivable that Hierocles should have thought that the tetractys was a first principle, since in the entire Pythagorean tradition everyone holds that it is derived from a One or monad.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2003/2003-06-10.html (1734 words)

	HIEROCLES OF ALEXANDRIA - LoveToKnow Article on HIEROCLES OF ALEXANDRIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Eberhard, Berlin, 1869), attributed to Hierocles and Philagrius, has no connection with Hierocles of Alexandria, but is probably a compilation of later date, founded on two older collections.
		Another Hierocles, who flourished during the reign of Justinian, was the author of a list of provinces and towns in the Eastern Empire.
		Burckhardt, i893); it was one of the chief authorities used by Constantine Porphyrogenitus in his work on the themes of the Roman Empire (see C. Krumbacher, Geschichte der byzantinischen Literalur, 1897, p.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HI/HIEROCLES_OF_ALEXANDRIA.htm (365 words)

	Hierocles of Alexandria: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Hierocles of Alexandria
		He studied under the celebrated Neoplatonist Plutarch at Athens, and taught for some years in his native city.
		Several other writings, especially one on providence and fate, a consolatory treatise dedicated to his patron Olympiodorus of Thebes, are quoted or referred to by Photius and Stobaeus.
		The collection of some 260 witticisms, attributed to Hierocles and Philagrius, has no connexion with Hierocles of Alexandria, but is probably a compilation of later date, founded on two older collections.
	www.encyclopedian.com /hi/Hierocles-of-Alexandria.html (247 words)

	Eusebius of Caesarea: Against Hierocles - Preface to the electronic edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is to be found in volume 2 of Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana, as an appendix, pp.404-605.
		In this he proposed to set the semi-mythical Apollonius up as a superior rival to Christ; a tactic drearily familiar from polemic of all kinds down the years since.
		Hierocles then persuaded the emperor Diocletian to order the extermination of the Christians, and himself carried out bestial cruelties against them (see Lactantius, De Mort.
	www.tertullian.org /fathers/eusebius_against_hierocles_preface.htm (331 words)

	Notes on the Golden Verses of Pythagoras from the Commentaries of Hierocles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Only if the friend falls into a corrupt and degraded mode of life is it right to break the sacred tie of friendship, and then only after every effort has been made to bring him back to the ways of virtue.
		Hierocles warns us that we have far more strength than we imagine, and all we need is to feel the necessity of preserving friendship.
		Regarding the practical virtues, Hierocles points out that the three aspects of the soul should be employed on them together, (1) Activity, (2) the Mind, and (3) the Emotions.
	www.allstarz.org /religioustext/cla/gvp/gvp04.htm (1185 words)

	Hellenistic Astrology [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		Hierocles of Alexandria is a fifth century Neoplatonist who argued against astrology, particularly an astrological theory based on a Stoic view of Fate and Necessity.
		In general, Hierocles saw himself in line with the thinkers starting with Ammonius Saccas, who argue for the compatibility between Plato and Aristotle, while he rejects thinkers who emphasize their differences, such as Alexander of Aphrodisias.
		There is nothing in the surviving summary to indicate that Hierocles also argues against the notion of Plotinus and Porphyry that the stars are signs rather than causes, because they are part of the rational and divine order of all things.
	www.iep.utm.edu /a/astr-hel.htm (19004 words)

	Libanius, Hypotheses to the Orations of Demosthenes
		(1) After seeing Hierocles carrying sacred garments on which there were letters stitched in gold to denote those who had dedicated them as an offering, Pythangelus and Scaphon accused him before the prytaneis of being a temple-robber, and on the next day the prytaneis took him before the Assembly.
		Hierocles said that he had been sent by the priestess to get the garments and was supposed to bring them to the Shrine of the Huntress.
		(3) Phanostratus, father of the endangered Hierocles, indicted this decree for illegality with Demosthenes as his co-plaintiff, and won the case.
	www.stoa.org /projects/demos/article_libanius?page=25&greekEncoding=UnicodeC (794 words)

	A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hierocles (1), a native of a small town in Caria, born at latest c.
		The expression reiterated by Lactantius, that he was the "author and adviser of the persecution," lends support to this view.
		Hierocles seems to have there displayed the same bloodthirsty cruelty as marked another philosophic persecutor, Theotecnus.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/wace/biodict.v.viii.xxv.html (370 words)

	Good question--did the NT author's invent the miracle stories in the gospels
		He did describe the authors or sources of the traditions about Jesus as liars, however, so it is possible that he questioned the historicity of certain gospel narratives in the lost sections of his work.
		Eusebius does comment that Hierocles did not attribute Apollonius' miracles to magic, but attributed them to his "divine and unutterable wisdom".
		Lactantius, however, does preserve Hierocles' understanding of Jesus' miracles as the work of a magician: "...Christ was a magician 'because he did miracles' ".
	www.christian-thinktank.com /mq12.html (4332 words)

	Porphyry, Against the Christians (2004). Introduction
		The objections before us are mostly to the human side of the faith, and are directed against the Evangelists rather than the Leader whose words and deeds they profess to recount, and against the unreasonableness of the Apostles and their teaching rather than that of Christ.
		We will take the theory as substantiated that the author was Hierocles, who attacked Christianity with the pen before he tried to destroy it with the sword of persecution.
		Eusebius said that all the other arguments of Hierocles "are not his own, but have been pilfered in the most shameless manner, not only I may say in respect of their ideas, but even of their words and syllables, from other authorities."
	www.tertullian.net /fathers/porphyry_against_christians_01_intro.htm (742 words)

	September 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HIEROCLES of the latter class, Hierocles is in haste to see this piece cut off.
		HIEROCLES Don't talk, for 'tis divine Peace to whom we are sacrificing.
		HIEROCLES long as the noisy bitch is forced by nature to litter blind pups, so.
	www.city-search.org /se/september-3.html (643 words)

	Gillian MCINTOSH
		Hierocles pictured this system as a series of concentric circles.
		At the center was the individual; closest to him was the oikos, then the city, other cities, the country, the human race, and the world.
		Hierocles suggested that an individual contract the circles, with the eventual aim of making all things part of his oikos.
	www.apaclassics.org /AnnualMeeting/04mtg/abstracts/MCINTOSH.html (429 words)

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		HIEROCLES And that is? TRYGAEUS Don't talk, for 'tis divine Peace to whom we are sacrificing.
		HIEROCLES As long as the wood-bug gives off a fetid odour, when it flies; as long as the noisy bitch is forced by nature to litter blind pups, so long shall peace be forbidden.
		Not to stop War would be to leave it to the decision of chance which of the two people should suffer the most, whereas by uniting under a treaty, we share the empire of Greece.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext01/peace10.txt (13437 words)

	ELEAGABALUS --- I´M TOO SEXY FOR MY TOGA PAGE 2
		Homosexuality, though practiced in ancient Rome, was not considered respectable, least of all in the flagrantly spine-tingling form it was practiced by Gabby.
		He would dress up in a wig like a woman, go to taverns and work as a prostitute, then went to brothels and threw out the whores so he could have his pick of clients.
		At home he dressed in women's clothes and a tiara and allowed his "husband" Hierocles to beat him if he were a bad girl.
	www.i-claudius.com /tempus/elagabalus2.html (782 words)

	Philosophical and Theological Writings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		One of his first publications, in 1682, was a translation of Hierocles upon the Golden Verses of the Pythagoreans, and this work already contains several of the ideas which were to be fundamental to Norris’s thought throughout his life.
		Thus Hierocles insists that truth is eternal and unchangeable, identical with the nature of God himself, and is immediately present to every soul, though it cannot be known except at the price of close attention and thought.
		Furthermore, according to Hierocles, the reason why human beings do not always judge truly or act morally is because they do not always direct their attention to the divine truth which is present to them.
	www.thoemmes.com /17thcphil/norris_intro.htm (4844 words)

	Time traveller's guide to the Roman Empire
		In less than four years, he goes through three wives, including a Vestal Virgin – a heinous crime against Roman law, which states that any Vestal breaking her vows of chastity should be buried alive.
		Elagabalus likes nothing better than to dress as a woman and go around with his 'husband', who is even encouraged to beat the emperor as if he is his real wife.
		Elagabalus is also known to frequent the brothels of Rome, where he delights in performing the duties of the prostitutes.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/H/history/guide03/part10.html (748 words)

	A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hierocles (2), a philosopher, generally classed among the neo-Platonists, who lived at Alexandria in the first half of 5th cent., and delivered lectures of considerable merit.
		Hierocles appears to have been a reconciler between the old and the new.
		Pain is the result of antecedent sin; those who know this know the remedy, for they will henceforward avoid wrongdoing and will not accuse God as if He were the essential cause of their suffering (pp.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/wace/biodict.Hierocles_2.html (849 words)

	English Translations from the Greek, page 106 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		[1560?] 8° BL Hierocles upon the Golden Verse of Pythagoras; teaching a vertuous and worthy life.
		Hierocles upon the Golden Verses of the Pythagoreans; translated.
		The Commentary of Hierocles upon the golden verses of the Pythagoreans; now first translated into English from.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /foster/0130.html (180 words)

	[PYTHAGORAS.], HIEROCLES, of Alexandria. Commentarius in aurea Pythagoreorum carmina. Ioan. Curterio interprete. Graece ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Golden Verses are printed in Greek capitals; Hierocles' commentary in lower case Greek; and on facing pages is a Latin translation by J. Curterius.
		According to tradition they were put into their present form by Lysis, one of the most eminent of the Pythagoreans, and it is possible that he embodied in their metrical form many of the actual sayings of his master.
		Hierocles' commentary is his only complete work to have survived.
	www.polybiblio.com /quaritch/cj152.html (187 words)

	HIEROCLES OF ALEXANDRIA - Online Information article about HIEROCLES OF ALEXANDRIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Berlin, 1869), attributed to Hierocles and Philagrius, has no connexion with Hierocles of Alexandria, but is probably a compilation of later date, founded on two older collections.
		Ethics ('IIOu ci orocxELWo'ts) preserved in Stobaeus are from a work by a Stoic named Hierocles, contemporary of See also:
		Another Hierocles, who flourished during the reign of Justinian, was the author of a See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /HEG_HIG/HIEROCLES_OF_ALEXANDRIA.html (419 words)

	Apollonius.Net - Bernard Part 3
		In refutation of Hierocles' claims, Eusebius tried to show that Apollonius was a poor imitation of the Christian Messiah.
		This is practically all that Eusebius tells us about the contents of the work of Hierocles under the title of "Philalethes." Everything else, in the book, he asserts, has been urged by others and has been already replied to.
		Hierocles was further answered by Lactantius; and it soon became necessary for every Catholic saint or doctor of the Fourth and Fifth Centuries to have an opinion about Apollonius of Tyana.
	www.apollonius.net /bernard3e.html (3281 words)

	BMCR-L: BMCR 2003.06.10, Hermann S. Schibli, Hierocles of Alexandria
		One aspect of the project of harmonization well brought out by Schibli is Hierocles' treatment of the hierarchy of virtues in On Providence
		Aujoulat has more recently argued that Hierocles, who explicitly mentions Origen in On Providence, was indeed following a path that diverged from mainstream Neoplatonism.
		In this regard, Hierocles was doing exactly the opposite of what St. Augustine was doing with early effort in De libero arbitrio to see Neoplatonism as a version of Trinitarian Christianity.
	omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu /mailing_lists/BMCR-L/2003/0182.php (1843 words)

	Week 9 - Divination
		Hierocles: As long as the wood-bug gives off a fetid odor, when it flies; as long as the noisy bitch is forced by nature to litter blind pups, so long shall peace be forbidden.
		Hierocles: Beware lest the [1100] kite turn your brain and rob...
		Hierocles (To the Servant): [1105] Pour out also for me and give me some of this meat.
	www.brynmawr.edu /classics/redmonds/csts212w8.html (8920 words)

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		Hierocles of Alexandria was an influential teacher of Neoplatonic philosophy in Alexandria in the mid-5th century CE.
		His one wholly surviving work is a commentary on a poem famous in antiquity, known as The Golden Verses of the Pythagoreans.
		Hierocles also wrote a treatise, On Providence, of which the Byzantine scholar Photius has given summaries and excerpts.
	www.psbooks.co.uk /Politics&Economics_Rec.asp?pgn=18 (734 words)

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		It was true that no one knows exactly what it was that Hierocles wrote, for Eusebius, who took upon himself the task of destroying the testimony of Hierocles, took precious good care to destroy the work of his formidable opponent, and give his OWN VERSION of the matter instead.
		Reversing the true state of affairs, involving as it did the replacement of Apollonius by Jesus in the beginning of the fourth century A.D., Dr. Johannese Hempel writes: "In the fourth century we observe the replacement by the heathens of Jesus by a man who was put in his place.
		First Celsus and Porphyry, and later Hierocles put Apollonius in place of Christ and opposed the NEW religion." (**In the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica under the heading of Apollos, we read: APOLLOS (contracted from Apollonius) - an Alexandrian Jew who after Paul's visit to Corinth worked there in a similar way (Italics ours).
	www.cyberspaceorbit.com /apoll/part3.txt (1955 words)

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