an African painter, who in the second century projected a system of mingled Stoicism and Christianity. One of his pupils was Seleucus, the joint founder of the Hermiani mentioned above.

*Tarsensis*, an eminent Greek rhetorician, born at Tarsus about the middle of the second century A.D. He was surnamed *Xystor*, from the great value which he attached to polishing in composition. While only about fifteen years of age he attracted the attention of the Emperor Aurelius, and became professor of rhetoric at Rome. His brilliant career was terminated at the early age of twenty-five, not by death, but by a weakening of his faculties, which reduced him very nearly to the condition of an idiot. In this state he lived to an advanced age. His great work on rhetoric is divided into five parts:—1. Rhetoric as applied in the courts of justice. 2. The conduct of a discourse as to introduction, plan, argument, &c. 3. On style. 4. Hints for the practical application of the rules relating to style. 5. The use of models in rhetoric. The last, in the abridged form, was translated into Latin by Priscian.

This work of Hermogenes became popular in the schools; many commentaries and abridgments were made of it, but it maintained its ground till supplanted by the abridgment of Aphthonius. The original work was well illustrated by examples from the best writers; and though traces of the youthfulness of the author are discernable, yet it is temperate, perspicuous, and free of conceits. His other works have perished.