Hermotimus Of Colophon
Hermotimus may refer to: * ''Hermotimus'' (spider), a genus of spiders * ''Hermotimus or Concerning the Sects'' a philosophical dialogue written by Lucian of Samosata * Hermotimus of Pedasa, Xerxes' chief eunuch * Hermotimus of Clazomenae Hermotimus of Clazomenae ( el, Ἑρμότιμος; fl. c. 6th century BCE), called by Lucian a Pythagorean, was a philosopher who first proposed, before Anaxagoras (according to Aristotle) the idea of mind being fundamental in the cause of change. ...

Hermotimus (spider)
''Hermotimus coriaceus'' is a species of jumping spiders found in West Africa. It is the sole species in the genus ''Hermotimus''. Name Hermotimus of Pedasa was a eunuch guardian of the Persian king Xerxes. However, the genus name could also refer to Hermotimus of Clazomenae, an early Greek philosopher. The species name is derived from Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ..., meaning "leathery". References Further reading * Simon, E. (1903): Arachnides de la Guinée espagnole. ''Mém. Soc. esp. hist. nat.'' 1(3): 65-124. * Simon, E. (1903): Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 2: 669-1080. * Prószyński, J. (1987): Atlas rysunkow diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2. Zeszyty Naukowe Wyzszej Szkoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej, Siedlcach. (''in polish'') ...
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Lucian
Lucian of Samosata, '; la, Lucianus Samosatensis ( 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed superstition, religious practices, and belief in the paranormal. Although his native language was probably Syriac, all of his extant works are written entirely in ancient Greek (mostly in the Attic Greek dialect popular during the Second Sophistic period). Everything that is known about Lucian's life comes from his own writings, which are often difficult to interpret because of his extensive use of sarcasm. According to his oration ''The Dream'', he was the son of a lower middle class family from the city of Samosata along the banks of the Euphrates in the remote Roman province of Syria. As a young man, he was apprenticed to his uncle to become a sculptor, but, after a failed attempt at sculpting, he ran away to pursue an education in Ionia. He may ...
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Hermotimus Of Pedasa
Hermotimus of Pedasa ( el, Ἑρμότιμος) was Xerxes the Great's favored royal eunuch during the Persian Wars against Greece (480 BC). As a eunuch, not much factually is known about Hermotimus, because he was not as important to contemporary historians. Anecdotes still survive regarding the castration of Panionius in the winter of 481–480 BC, the same man who castrated Hermotimus and sold him as a boy. Hermotimus forced Panionius to castrate his sons, and then forced his sons to castrate him, proving his ruthlessness and lack of passion that he was to show in the Persian Wars the following autumn. After the loss at the Battle of Salamis The Battle of Salamis ( ) was a naval battle fought between an alliance of Greek city-states under Themistocles and the Persian Empire under King Xerxes in 480 BC. It resulted in a decisive victory for the outnumbered Greeks. The battle was ..., Xerxes made Hermotimus the secondary guardian of some of the king's many illegitimate ...
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