c. 340–c. 260 BC. Born on Lesbos, active in Athens. Wrote in Greek. Epicurus's chosen successor as head (scholarch) of the school in Athens; little of his own writing survives, but ancient sources credit him with defending and consolidating the school after Epicurus's death.
1. From Diogenes Laertius
Hermarchus - Scholarch (1st): (c. 325 – 250 BCE) Scholarch from 270 to 250 BCE. "Also Hermarchus, Epicurus’ successor, son of Agemortus, of Mytilene, the son of a poor father, and at first a student of rhetoric. His best books are said to be these twenty-two essays in the form of letters On Empedocles. On Science. Against Plato. Against Aristotle. He was a good man and died of paralysis." [ Diogenes Laertius 25]
2. Forum Discussions
- All discussions of Hermarchus of Mytilene in Epicureans of the Past
- Hermarchus - Main Biography
- Recorded Statements of Metrodorus
- Quotes from Karl Krohn's dissertation "Der Epikureer Hermarchos"
- Hermarchus project
- Quotes by Hermarchus