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Hermocrates

Ἑρμοκράτης

(Ἑρμοκράτης).

1. A disciple of Socrates, mentioned by Xenophon (Xen. Mem. 1.2.48) as one of those whose character and conduct refuted the charge brought against Socrates of corrupting those who associated with him.

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.