The Sasernae apparently referred to H’ discovery of the precession of the
equinoxes (Columella 1.1.4–5). They are thus the earliest of the very small number of
ancient authors to acknowledge the discovery (the others are P, T A-
, and P). Their suggestion that the spread of viticulture northward was a
sign of climate change brought on by precession constituted an ingenious, if ultimately
mistaken, speculation. Finally, the recorded dates for Hipparkhos’ observations provide a
terminus post quem for the Sasernas’ work of 127 BCE (but ca 70 BCE if they knew Hipparkhos
only through D N).
GRL §81; Speranza (1971) 33–45; OCD3 1358, A.J.S. Spawforth; NP 11.98, K. Ruffing; HLL §196.3.
Philip Thibodeau
Hubriste ̄s of Oxyrhynchos (120 – 100? BCE)
A P., in G Antid. 2.14 (14.188–189 K.), preserves Hubriste ̄s’ record
of the prescription of A M for “all bites,” containing 16 ingredients
including Massilian hartwort (D 3.53–54), Indian nard, pepper, kangkhru, rue,
and St. John’s wort. The name is unattested after 100 BCE (LGPN).
Fabricius (1726) 249.
PTK
Hugie ̄nos, the “Hippokratic” (100 BCE – 10 CE)
Physician, known for various topical treatments: K, in G CMLoc 1.8
(12.488–489 K.), describes his quince-yellow plaster effective against all fluxes; A
P., in Gale ̄n CMLoc 4.8 (12.788), details his collyrium for inflammation at the corner
of the eyes and scabs; A, in Gale ̄n CMLoc 10.2 (13.353–354 K.), records his
topical for sciatica and chills, to remain on the pained area for three hours, after which a
bath is prescribed; and H, in Gale ̄n CMGen 2.10, 4.14 (13.512, 747 K.), declares his
plaster for cicatrization and whitlow the best. The physician’s name, curiously recalling the
Greek for “health,” is attested, along with variants Hugianos, Huginianos, and Huginos
(cf. the Latinized name H), from the 1st c. BCE to 3rd c. CE (LGPN).
RE 9.1 (1914) 97, H. Gossen.
GLIM
Hulas (ca 60 BCE – 430 CE)
Wrote a geographical work, cited by the R C, which treated Macedon
(4.9), Sarmatia (4.11: i.e. before 430 CE) and Dacia (4.14: i.e. after 60 BCE). Cf. perhaps the
Hulas cited by P 10.38 on five ominous Greek birds (for the name cf. PIR2 H-240, 242);
see A S and S.
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PTK
Hupatia of Alexandria (ca 380 – 415 CE)
Lived, was educated and taught in Alexandria. The daughter of T A
(PLRE 2 [1980] 439), she is known, through the correspondence of her famous student
HUPATIA OF ALEXANDRIA