H “L” ⇒ H K
H “P” ⇒ H H P
He ̄rakleide ̄s of Athens, Aurelius (150 – 190 CE)
Prominent Stoic, possibly an imperially-appointed public teacher, awarded with Roman
citizenship ca 170; his full Roman name “Aurelius Heraclides Eupyrides” is attested: IG II^2
- He wrote on the fifth element (aithe ̄r), to which A A
replied (fr.2 Vitelli).
R.W. Sharples, Alexander of Aphrodisias, Quaestiones 1.1–2.15 (1992) ad loc.; DPA 3 (2000) 559, B. Puech.
PTK
He ̄rakleide ̄s of Ephesos (75 – 50 BCE)
Member of the Erasistratean school of H S, according to De ̄me ̄trios
of Magnesia in D L 5.94. O, Coll. 49.4.45–50 (CMG 6.2.2,
p. 9), records that he constructed a variant of T’s reduction machine, and transmits
the recipe for a wound-cleansing salve, alum, copper-flake, misu, and frankincense, ground
with vinegar and formed into trokhiskoi, applied with beeswax and terebinth or resin:
Ecl. Med. 98.22 ( pp. 278–279), possibly belonging to H T.
Michler (1968) 89, 132–134.
PTK
He ̄rakleide ̄s of Eruthrai (ca 30 BCE – 30 CE)
K’ most famous student, respected He ̄rophilean physician (G, Ars Med.
1.305 K.), pupil with A “M,” and S’s contemporary (14.1.34).
Wrote commentaries on the H C, E III and VI, and probably
also II (Gale ̄n, In Hipp. Epid. II, III, and VI = CMG 5.10.1, p. 130; 5.10.2.1, p. 80; and
5.10.2.2, pp. 3–4, 212, 243). Gale ̄n, while conceding He ̄rakleide ̄s’ usual sensibility, criticizes
these as inaccurate and inappropriately explicated (In Hipp. Epid. VI 5.15 [pp. 304, 306],
6.14 [p. 378]). He elucidated the sigla introduced by M S, apparently nearly
ending the feud between Empiricists and He ̄rophileans regarding their authenticity by
suggesting the symbols were post-H interpolations (Gale ̄n, In Hipp. Epid. III =
CMG 5.10.2.1, pp. 75–77, 86–94). In On the He ̄rophilean Sect (seven books), He ̄rakleide ̄s,
censuring his teacher’s definition of pulse theory, largely on semantic grounds, explained
the contraction and dilation of veins and arteries through vital and psychic power (Gale ̄n,
Puls. Diff. 4.10 [8.743–746 K.]).
von Staden (1989) 555–558; Idem (1999) 169–170; BNP 6 (2005) 173 (#26), V. Nutton.
GLIM
He ̄rakleide ̄s of Kallatis, “Lembos” (150 – 100 BCE)
Politician and intellectual active in and around Alexandria. He seems to have belonged to
the Peripatetic tradition and wrote, in addition to a large historical work, a number of
epitomes of earlier biographies by S, S, and H S; most
HE ̄RAKLEIDE ̄S OF KALLATIS, “LEMBOS”