Editing Hierocles of Alexandria (section)

==Life==
He studied under [[Plutarch of Athens|Plutarch]] (the Neoplatonist) at [[Athens]] in the early 5th century, and taught for some years in his native city.<ref name="eb1911">{{1911|wstitle=Hierocles of Alexandria|volume=13|pages=453–454}}</ref> He seems to have been banished from [[Alexandria]] and to have taken up his abode in [[Constantinople]], where he gave an offence in the court. [[Damascius]] relates as follows:<blockquote>"he went to Byzantium and there knocked against those in power. Taken to court, he was beaten by the blows of men. Covered in blood, he soaked the palm of his hand and sprinkled the judge, saying: ''Cyclops, come, drink some wine since you have eaten human flesh.''<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/politeia-in-greek-and-roman-philosophy/1D23EBD9B61AE2852DC0555309D2841B|title=Politeia in Greek and Roman Philosophy|date=2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=|isbn=978-1-107-02022-1|editor-last=Harte|editor-first=Verity|location=Cambridge|pages=178|doi=10.1017/cbo9781139096843|editor-last2=Lane|editor-first2=Melissa}}</ref>''"''</blockquote>By quoting the [[Odyssey]] (9.347), Herocles was mocking the Christian [[eucharist]]. His disciple [[Aeneas of Gaza|Aeneas]], a member of the [[Rhetorical School of Gaza]], later combined neoplatonic thought with his Christian beliefs.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Glucker |first1=Carol A. M. |title=The city of Gaza in the Roman and Byzantine periods |date=1987 |publisher=Oxford, England : B.A.R. |isbn=978-0-86054-418-0 |page=52 |url=https://archive.org/details/cityofgazainroma0000gluc/page/52/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=11 January 2024}}</ref>