Hermippus

, a freedman, disciple of Philo, in the reign of Adrian, by whom he was greatly esteemed. He wrote five books upon dreams.――A man who accused Aspasia the mistre of Pericles of impiety and prostitution. He was son of Lysis, and distinguished himself as a poet by 40 theatrical pieces and other compositions, some of which are quoted by Athenæus. Plutarch. ――A peripatetic philosopher of Smyrna, who flourished B.C. 210.