herminus

Updated: July 1, 2025

But he received the home thrust: 'Very well, Epictetus; give me one of your daughters. His remark to Herminus the Aristotelian is equally worth recording. He was aware that this man's character was vile and his misdeeds innumerable, and yet his mouth was always full of Aristotle and his ten predicaments. 'Certainly, Herminus, he said, 'no predicament is too bad for you.

of Samosata Lucian - Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03

Every illustrated journal was crowded with portraits, of Fighting Joe and his famous white charger; it was said, that horse and rider could never show themselves without eliciting a burst of cheering, such as rang out near the Lake Regillus, when Herminus and Black Auster broke into the wavering battle. No wonder.

George A. (George Alfred) Lawrence - Border and Bastille