Hierocles, the Neoplatonist, lived at Alexandria about the middle of the 5th century, and enjoyed a great reputation. He is usually reckoned the author of a commentary on the golden verses of Pythagoras (edited by Mullach, 1853). A collection of jests (Asteia) used also erroneously to be fathered on him.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 705
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