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<p> a Neo-Platonist of the 5th century at Alexandria. He is said to be the author of a [[Commentary]] upon the [[Golden]] Verses of Pythagoras, which is still extant; and also a [[Discourse]] on [[Foreknowledge]] and Fate, of which [[Photius]] has preserved large extracts. Stobeeus has also preserved the fragments of several other works which are ascribed to Hierocles. The Greek text of the Commentary on the Golden Verses of [[Pythagoras]] was first published by Curterius (Paris, 1583; reprinted at London, 1654; also 1742; and Padua, 1744). The fragments of the Discourse on Foreknowledge and Fate, in which [[Hierocles]] attempts to reconcile the free-will of man with the foreknowledge of God, have been edited by Morell (Paris, 1593, 1597), and by Pearson (London, 1655, 1673); the latter edition contains the fragments of the other works of Hierocles. A complete edition of his works was published by Needham (Cambridge, 1709). Both Pearson and Needham confound this Hierocles with Hierocles, the prefect of Bithynia. The Discourse on Foreknowledge and [[Fate]] was translated into French by Regnaud (Lyons, 1560). [[Grotius]] translated part of this work into Latin in his Sententiae Philosophorum de Fato (Paris, 1624; Amst. i648; reprinted in the third volume of his theological works, 1679). The Commentary on the Golden Verses has been translated into English by Hall, London, 1657: Norris, London, 1682; Rayner, Norw. 1797; and into French (with life) by Dacier, Paris, 1706. See English Cyclopedia, s.v.; Smith, Dictionary of [[Biography]] and Mythology, 2, 453; Augusti, Dogmengeschichte, 1 and 2; Lardner, Works, 8, 127. </p>

<ref name="term_43816"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/hierocles+(2) Hierocles from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>