Hegesias

, a tyrant of Ephesus under the patronage of Alexander. Polyænus , bk. 6 .――A philosopher who so eloquently convinced his auditors of their failings and follies, and persuaded them that there were no dangers after death, that many were guilty of suicide. Ptolemy forbade him to continue his doctrines. Cicero , Tusculanæ Dis put at i ones , bk. 1 , ch. 34 .――An historian.――A famous orator of Magnesia, who corrupted the elegant diction of Attica by the introduction of Asiatic idioms. Cicero , Orator , chs. 67, 69; Brutus , ch. 83 .— Strabo , bk. 9 .— Plutarch , Alexander .