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Hermias (philosopher)For Hermias philosophus, see Hermias (apologist).

Hermias (or Hermeias) was a Neoplatonist philosopher who was born in Alexandria c. 410 AD. He went to Athensand studied philosophy under Syrianus. He married Aedesia, who was a relative of Syrianus, and who had originallybeen betrothed to Proclus, but Proclus broke the engagement off after receiving a divine warning. Hermias broughtSyrianus' teachings back to Alexandria, where he lectured in the school of Horapollo, receiving an income from thestate. He died c. 450 AD, at a time when his children, Ammonius and Heliodorus, were still small. Aedesia,however, continued to receive an income from the state, in order to raise the children, enabling them to becomephilosophers.A Commentary on the Phaedrus written by Hermias survives. It consists of notes based on the lectures conducted bySyrianus concerning Plato's Phaedrus.

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