Hermagoras of Amphipolis

Hermagoras of Amphipolis (Greek: Ἑρμαγόρας ὁ Ἀμφιπολίτης) (3rd century BC) was a Stoic philosopher, student of Cypriot Persaeus, in the court of Antigonus II Gonatas. He wrote several dialogues, among them a Misokyōn (Μισοκύων, Dog-hater, Cynic-hater); one volume On Misfortunes; Έκχυτος Ekchytos (about egg-divining); On Sophistry addressed to the Academics.^[1] None of his works are known to survive.

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•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Leonhard Schmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Hermagoras". In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. p. 408.  Vol. 2
• Branham, Goulet-Cazé, (editors), The Cynics: The Cynic Movement in Antiquity and Its Legacy, page 413