(Bibl. 3 = FHG 4.178–180). In a lively style, Nonnosos describes elephants and pygmies, as
well as the Arabian language and religion. John Malalas and Theophane ̄s the Confessor
used this narrative.
RE 17.1 (1936) 920–921, R. Laqueur; I. Kawar, “Byzantium and Kinda,” ByzZ 53 (1960) 57–73; HLB
1.303; ODB 1492 – 1493, B. Baldwin; BNP 9 (2006) 812, A. Berger.
Andreas Kuelzer
Noume ̄nios of Apameia (ca 150 – 180 CE)
Pythagoreanizing Platonist, often associated with K. His works were read in
P’ school (P, Vit. Plot. 14.10–14) and he had a considerable influence
on the development of Platonism. Seven works are known by title: On Place, On Number,
The Hoopoe (“Epops,” a pun on epopteia, the mystical vision), On the Indestructibility of the Soul, On
the Secret Doctrines of Plato, On the Unfaithfulness of the Academics toward Plato, On the Good (in at
least six books, in dialogue form). E preserves longer fragments of the last two: PE
14.5, 14.7–9; and PE 9.7, 9.17, 9.21–22, 11.8–10, 11.17–18, and 11.21–22. His hierarchy
of three gods foreshadows the neo-Platonic hupostaseis. Noume ̄nios believed in an
original wisdom preserved in eastern religions, especially Judaism, and in the teachings of
P and P.
Ed.: E. des Places, Numénius. Fragments (CUF 1973).
M. Frede, “Numenius,” ANRW 2.36.2 (1987) 1034–1075; Dillon (1996) 361–379; OCD3 1054 – 1055,
D.J. O’Meara; DPA 4 (2005) 724–740, P.P. Fuentes González; BNP 9 (2006) 895–898, M. Frede.
Jan Opsomer
Noume ̄nios of He ̄rakleia (270 – 230 BCE)
Physician and poet, student of D, who wrote a Deipnon under his influence (Ath.,
Deipn. 1 [5a]), and a didactic poem on fishing, Halieutika, often quoted by Athe ̄naios (Nou-
me ̄nios the He ̄rakleo ̄te ̄s: Ath. 1 [5a, 13a], 7 [282a, 306d]). The scholia to N’
The ̄riaka, and later iological treaties (P, “A P,” A
A), refer to Noume ̄nios’ The ̄riaka (cf. Nikandros’ homonymous poem and, prior to
Nikandros, P’ Ophiaka), without giving his ethnic He ̄rakleo ̄te ̄s or the poem’s title
(the ̄riakos in frr.3 [= SH 593] and 5 [= SH 594], however, alludes to the poem). The iologists
quote Noume ̄nios in prose, but a few verses have come down to us in Nikandros’ scholia
(fr.1 = SH 590 ~ Nik. The ̄r. 237; fr.2 = SH 591 ~ The ̄r. 257 – 258). Poetically, Nikandros is
influenced by Noume ̄nios (Schol. [Theo ̄n?] 237a metapepoie ̄ke, 257a memne ̄tai), but his treat-
ment of scientific facts is independent (cf. The ̄r. 643 – 4 ~ Noume ̄nios fr.6 = SH 589). The
fragments of Noume ̄nios’ The ̄riaka are concerned with symptomatology (frr. 1 – 2) and ther-
apy (3–6). Noume ̄nios’ therapy, unlike Nikandros’, deals with anti-venoms separately (fr.3:
cobra; fr.5: gecko). Did he also write a book entitled Therapeiai? C quotes two of his
compound medicines that may be derived from it, one treating gout (5.18.35) and the other
inflammation of the womb (5.21.4).
Ed.: SH 568 – 596; The ̄riaka in Jacques (2002) 2.304–306 (see –).
GGLA 1 (1891) 812–813, M. Wellmann; RE S.7 (1940) 663–664 (#7a), H. Diller; KP 4 (1972) 192,
R. Keydell; BNP 9 (2006) 895 (#1), S. Fornaro (relation Noume ̄nios/Nikandros inverted);
Jean-Marie Jacques, “Situation de Nicandre de Colophon,” REA 109 (2007) 99–121 at 115–117.
Jean-Marie Jacques
NOUME ̄NIOS OF HE ̄RAKLEIA