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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">5th-century Greek philosopher and writer</div> <p><b>Hierocles of Alexandria</b> (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">Ἱεροκλῆς ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς</span>) was a <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greek</a> <a href="/wiki/Neoplatonist" class="mw-redirect" title="Neoplatonist">Neoplatonist</a> writer who was active around AD 430. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hierocles_of_Alexandria&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> He studied under <a href="/wiki/Plutarch_of_Athens" title="Plutarch of Athens">Plutarch</a> (the Neoplatonist) at <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> in the early 5th century, and taught for some years in his native city.<sup id="cite_ref-eb1911_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb1911-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He seems to have been banished from <a href="/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a> and to have taken up his abode in <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a>, where he gave an offence in the court. <a href="/wiki/Damascius" title="Damascius">Damascius</a> relates as follows:</p><blockquote><p>"he went to Byzantium and there knocked against those in power. Taken to court, he was beaten by the blows of men. Covered in blood, he soaked the palm of his hand and sprinkled the judge, saying: <i>Cyclops, come, drink some wine since you have eaten human flesh.</i><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><i>"</i></p></blockquote><p>By quoting the <a href="/wiki/Odyssey" title="Odyssey">Odyssey</a> (9.347), Herocles was mocking the Christian <a href="/wiki/Eucharist" title="Eucharist">eucharist</a>. His disciple <a href="/wiki/Aeneas_of_Gaza" title="Aeneas of Gaza">Aeneas</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Rhetorical_School_of_Gaza" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhetorical School of Gaza">Rhetorical School of Gaza</a>, later combined neoplatonic thought with his Christian beliefs.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hierocles_of_Alexandria&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The only complete work of his which has been preserved is the commentary on the <a href="/wiki/The_golden_verses_of_Pythagoras" class="mw-redirect" title="The golden verses of Pythagoras"><i>Chrysa Epe</i> (<i>Golden Verses</i>) of Pythagoras</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eb1911_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb1911-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It enjoyed a great reputation in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a>, and there are numerous translations in various European languages.<sup id="cite_ref-eb1911_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb1911-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several other writings, especially one on providence and fate, a consolatory treatise dedicated to his patron <a href="/wiki/Olympiodorus_of_Thebes" title="Olympiodorus of Thebes">Olympiodorus of Thebes</a>, are quoted or referred to by <a href="/wiki/Photios_I_of_Constantinople" title="Photios I of Constantinople">Photius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stobaeus" title="Stobaeus">Stobaeus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-eb1911_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb1911-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hierocles argued against astrological fatalism on the basis that it is supported by an irrational necessity rather than a divine, rational <a href="/wiki/Providence_of_God" class="mw-redirect" title="Providence of God">Providence of God</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-iep_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iep-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the same reason, he opposed theurgic and magic practices as they were attempts to supersede the divine providential order.<sup id="cite_ref-iep_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iep-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although he never mentions <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> in his surviving works, his writings have been taken as an attempt at reconciliation between Greek religion traditions and the Christian beliefs he may have encountered in Constantinople.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The collection of some 260 witticisms attributed to Hierocles and Philagrius, the <i><a href="/wiki/Philogelos" title="Philogelos">Philogelos</a></i>, has no connection with Hierocles of Alexandria, but is probably a compilation of later date, founded on two older collections.<sup id="cite_ref-eb1911_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb1911-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is now agreed that the fragments of the Elements of Ethics preserved in <a href="/wiki/Stobaeus" title="Stobaeus">Stobaeus</a> are from a work by a <a href="/wiki/Stoicism" title="Stoicism">Stoic</a> named <a href="/wiki/Hierocles_(Stoic)" title="Hierocles (Stoic)">Hierocles</a>, contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Epictetus" title="Epictetus">Epictetus</a>, who has been identified with the "Hierocles Stoicus vir sanctus et gravis" in <a href="/wiki/Aulus_Gellius" title="Aulus Gellius">Aulus Gellius</a> (ix. 5. 8).<sup id="cite_ref-eb1911_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb1911-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This theory is confirmed by the discovery of a <a href="/wiki/Papyrus" title="Papyrus">papyrus</a> (ed. H. von Arnim in Berliner Klassikertexte, Iv. 1906.)<sup id="cite_ref-eb1911_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eb1911-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hierocles_of_Alexandria&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>F. W. 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M. (1987). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cityofgazainroma0000gluc/page/52/mode/2up?view=theater"><i>The city of Gaza in the Roman and Byzantine periods</i></a>. Oxford, England : B.A.R. p. 52. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-86054-418-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-86054-418-0"><bdi>978-0-86054-418-0</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 January</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+city+of+Gaza+in+the+Roman+and+Byzantine+periods&rft.pages=52&rft.pub=Oxford%2C+England+%3A+B.A.R.&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=978-0-86054-418-0&rft.aulast=Glucker&rft.aufirst=Carol+A.+M.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcityofgazainroma0000gluc%2Fpage%2F52%2Fmode%2F2up%3Fview%3Dtheater&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHierocles+of+Alexandria" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-iep-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-iep_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-iep_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/astr-hel.htm#SH7e">Hierocles</a>, Hellenistic Astrology, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Wikisource" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMozley1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">Mozley, J. R. (1911). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century/Hierocles of Alexandria, a philosopher"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_Christian_Biography_and_Literature_to_the_End_of_the_Sixth_Century/Hierocles_of_Alexandria,_a_philosopher">"Hierocles of Alexandria, a philosopher" </a></span>. In <a href="/wiki/Henry_Wace_(priest)" title="Henry Wace (priest)">Wace, Henry</a>; Piercy, William C. (eds.). <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_Christian_Biography_and_Literature_to_the_End_of_the_Sixth_Century" title="Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century">Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century</a></i> (3rd ed.). London: John Murray.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Hierocles+of+Alexandria%2C+a+philosopher&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+Christian+Biography+and+Literature+to+the+End+of+the+Sixth+Century&rft.place=London&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=John+Murray&rft.date=1911&rft.aulast=Mozley&rft.aufirst=J.+R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHierocles+of+Alexandria" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hierocles_of_Alexandria&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Hermann S. Schibli, <i>Hierocles of Alexandria</i>. 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title="Marinus of Neapolis">Marinus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isidore_of_Alexandria" title="Isidore of Alexandria">Isidore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammonius_Hermiae" title="Ammonius Hermiae">Ammonius Hermiae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asclepiodotus_of_Alexandria" title="Asclepiodotus of Alexandria">Asclepiodotus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hegias" title="Hegias">Hegias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenodotus_(philosopher)" title="Zenodotus (philosopher)">Zenodotus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agapius_of_Athens" title="Agapius of Athens">Agapius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damascius" title="Damascius">Damascius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simplicius_of_Cilicia" title="Simplicius of Cilicia">Simplicius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priscian_of_Lydia" title="Priscian of Lydia">Priscian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Philoponus" title="John Philoponus">John Philoponus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympiodorus_the_Younger" title="Olympiodorus the Younger">Olympiodorus</a></li> <li><a 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