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Himerius’s Son, Rufinus
2007
Overview
Two orations concern Himerius’s son, Rufinus. The first,Oration7, Himerius’s plea before the Areopagus for free status for his son, survives only in a few excerpts. The second,Oration8, Himerius’s lament at the premature death of Rufinus, survives in full.
In his brief sketch of Himerius, Eunapius mentions only the Athenian sophist’s daughter, not his prematurely departed son (Vitae phil. et soph.14.2 [494] Giangrande). She is presumably the “full sister” of Rufinus who is mentioned inOration8.12; Himerius there praises Rufinus’s love for and protection of her. The siblings’ mother belonged to a distinguished Athenian family,
