Hermotimus

But when Hermotimus got him with his whole family into his power, he addressed him as follows:

Satyricon 2007

Athens, Hermotimus was at Sardis, having gone down at that time, upon some business or other, to the Mysian territory which the

Satyricon 2007

Atalides, then Euphorbus, afterwards Hermotimus; and, finally, that this great man studied magic very profoundly.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

“There is but one way to Corinth,” as of old; but which that way may be, oh master of Hermotimus, we know no more than he did of old; and still we find, of all philosophies, that the Stoic route is most to be recommended.

Letters to Dead Authors 2006

Panionius, said Hermotimus, had made him “a nothing.”

The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

The eunuch Hermotimus disappears after 480 into the winding corridors of the palaces at Persepolis and Susa.

The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

Along with Xerxes and his men, Hermotimus had proceeded south from Thermopylae into the mountainous regions of Doris and Phocis.

The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

Panionius fell for the ploy and moved his family, at which point Hermotimus struck.

The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

There is a hint in Herodotus that it was more than tit-for-tat; that while Hermotimus lost only his testicles, Panionius and his sons each was left with only a hole for urination.

The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

Hermotimus forced Panionius to castrate his four sons, and then he made the boys do likewise to their father.

The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004