A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

472 HIMERAEUS. HIMERIUS.
with judgmerit; while his doctrines in dogmatic temple of Aeacus; but they were forced from this
theology must be received with much caution, for sanctuary by Archias, and sent prisoners to AntiErasmus has clearly proved from several passages, pater, who immediately put them all to death,
which the Benedictine editors have in vain sought B. c. 322. (Plut. Demn. 28; Arrian, ap. Phot. p.
to explain away, that his expressions with regard 69, b.; Athen. xii. p. 542.) Lucian speaks very
to the nature of Christ are such as no orthodox disparagingly of Himeraeus, as a mere demagogue;
divine could adopt. Among his contemporaries, indebted to the circumstances of the moment for a
however, and immediate successors his influence temporary influence. (Encom. Demosth. 31.) Of
was powerful and his reputation high. Rufinus, the justice of this character we have no means of
Augustin, and Jerome speak of him with respect, judging. [E. H. B.]
and even admiration. HIME'RIUS ('IMsptos). 1. A celebrated Greek
A few of the opuscula of Hilarius, together with sophist of Prusa in Bithynia, where his father Ameihis work De Trinitate, and the treatise of Augustin nias distinguished himself as a rhetorician. (Suid.
upon the same subject, were printed at Milan, fol. s. v.'IE'pmros.) According to the most correct calcu1489, by Leon. Pachel'under the editorial inspec- lation, the life of Himerius belongs to the period
tion of G. Cribellus, a presbyter of that city; and from A. D. 315 to' 386. He appears to have rethis collection was reprinted at Venice in the course ceived his first education and instruction in rheof the same century. More complete was the toric in his father's house, and he then went to
edition printed at Paris, fol. 1510, by Badius Athens, which was still the principal seat of intelAscensius, which, however, was greatly inferior to lectual culture, to complete his studies. It is not
that of Erasmus, printed at Basle by Frobenius, improbable that he there was a pupil of Proaerefo!., 1523, and reprinted in 1526 and 1528. By sius, whose rival he afterwards became. (Eunap.
far the best in every respect is that published by Proaeres. p. 110.) Afterwards he travelled, acCoustant, Paris, fol., 1693, forming one of the cording to the custom of the sophists of the time,
Benedictine series, and reprinted, with some ad- in various parts of the East: he thus visited Conditions, by Scipio Maffei, Veron., 2 vols. fol., stantinople, Nicomedeia, Lacedaemon, Thessalonica,
1730. Philippi, and other places, and in some of them he
(Our chief authorities for the life of Hilarius stayed for some time, and delivered his show
are an ancient biography by a certain Venantius speeches. At length, however, he returned to
Fortunatus, who must be distinguished from the Athens, and settled there. He now began his
Christian poet of the same name, consisting of career as a teacher of rhetoric, and at first gave only
two books, which, from the difference of style, private instruction, but soon after he was appointed
many suppose to be from two different pens; the professor of rhetoric, and received a salary. (Phot.
short but valuable notice in Hieronymus, De Viris Bibl. Cod. 165. p. 109, ed. Bekk.) In this po-.ll. c. 1Q0; and the Vita Hilar-ii ex ipsius potissi- sition he acquired a very extensive reputation, and
numn Scriptis collecta, prefixed to the Benedictine some of the most distinguished men of the time,
edition, hi the Prolegomena to which all the early such as Basilius and Gregorius Nazianzenus, were
testimonies will be found.) [W. R.] among his pupils. The emperor Julian, who likeHILDERIC. ('IApiXos), king of the Vandals, wise heard him, probably during his visit at Athens
son of Hunneric, and grandson of Hilderic, suc- in A. D. 355 and 356 (Eunap. Himer.; Liban.
cessor of Trasamund, reigned A. D. 523-530. He Orat. x. p. 267, ed. Morel.; Zosimus, Hist. Eccles.
was of a gentle disposition, and by his lenity to the iii. 2), conceived so great an admiration for HimeAfrican Catholics won the favour of Justinian, rius, that soon after he invited him to his court at
though there is no reason for believing the assertion Antioch, A. D. 362, and made him his secretary.
of Nicephorus (xvii. 11) that he was not an Arian. (Tzetz. Chil. vi. 128.) Himerius did not return to
He was deposed, and finally murdered, by Gelimer. Athens till after the death of his rival, Proaeresius
There is a scarce silver coin of this prince, bearing (A. D. 368), although the emperor Julian had fallen
his head on the obverse, with D. N. HILDERIX REX, five years before, A. D. 363. He there took his
and the figure of a female on the reverse, with'former position again, and distinguished himself
FELIX KART. (Procop. Bell.'and. i. 9, 17; Eck- both by his instruction and his oratory. He lived
hel, vol. iv. p. 138.) [A. P.'S.] to an advanced age, but the latter years were not
HIMERAEUS ('Izefpatos), of the borough of free from calamities, for he lost his only promising
Phalerus in Attica, was son of Phanostratus, and son, Rufinus, and was blind during the last period
brother of the celebrated Demetrius Phalereus. of his life. According to Suidas, he died in a fit
We know but little of his life or political career, of epilepsy (1epda viaos).
but it seems certain that he early adopted political Himerius was a Pagan, and, like Libanius and
views altogether opposed to those of his brother, other eminent men, remained a Pagan, though
and became a warm supporter of the anti-Mace- we do not perceive in his writings any hatred:donian party at Athens. He is first mentioned as or animosity against the Christians; he speaks of
joining with Hyperides and others in prosecuting them with mildness and moderation, and seems, on
before the court of Areiopagus all those who were the whole, to have been a man of an amiable dispoaccused of having received bribes from Harpalus, sition. He was the author of a considerable numDemosthenes among the rest. (Vit. X. Oraft. p. ber of works, a part of which only has come down
846; Phot. p. 494, a.) During the Lamian war to us. Photius (Bibl. Cod. 165, comp. 243) knew
he united zealously in the efforts of the Athenians seventy-one orations and discourses on different
to throw off the yoke of Macedonia, and was in subjects: but we now possess only twenty-four
consequence one of the orators whose. surrender orations complete; of thirty-six others we have
was exacted by Antipater after his victory at only extracts in Photius, and of the remaining
Cranon. To escape the fate that awaited him, he eleven we have only fragments. In his oratory
fled from. Athens to Aegina, and took refuge, to- Himerius took Aristeides for his model. The exgether with Hyperides and Aristonicus, in the tant orations are declamations and show speeches,