# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hermarchus
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:19:22.796Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hermarchus"
name: "Hermarchus"
slug: "hermarchus"
description: "Hermarchus or Hermarch, sometimes incorrectly written Hermachus, was an Epicurean philosopher. He was the disciple and successor of Epicurus as head of the school. None of his writings survives. He wrote works directed against Plato, Aristotle, and Empedocles. A fragment from his Against Empedocles, preserved by Porphyry, discusses the need for law in society. His views on the nature of the gods are quoted by Philodemus."
tagline: "Ancient Greek philosopher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bearded_Philosopher_-_Hermarcus_or_Democritus_Palazzo_Massimo_alle_Terme.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "-325"
deathDate: "-250"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.74
  momentum:             3.431818181818183
  historical:           17.74769733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Гермарх"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هيرمارتشوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermarc"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermarchos"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%87o%CF%82"
    title: "Έρμαρχoς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermarchus"
    title: "Hermarchus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermarco_de_Mitilene"
    title: "Hermarco de Mitilene"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "هرمارخوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermarkhos"
    title: "Hermarkhos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermarque_de_Mytil%C3%A8ne"
    title: "Hermarque de Mytilène"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermarco"
    title: "Hermarco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermah"
    title: "Hermah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hermarkhosz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermarkos"
    title: "Hermarkos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ermarco di Mitilene"
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    title: "هرمارخوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermarchos"
    title: "Hermarchos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermarchos_z_Mityleny"
    title: "Hermarchos z Mityleny"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85"
    title: "Гермарх"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermarchos_z_Mytil%C3%A9ny"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85"
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    title: "Hermarchos"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump