Harpocration (Ἁρποκρατίωνος Ἐπιστολή) Life An author named Harpocration who wrote a medical and astrological epistle in the 2nd–3rd century CE is not attested in major reference works. The name was common; the most famous bearer was Valerius Harpocration of Alexandria, a 2nd-century lexicographer [1]. Another Harpocration, noted by Galen, was a physician of the Pneumatist sect, but no astrological connection is recorded for him [2].

Works The sole attested work is an epistle on medicine and astrology. No title, fragments, or further details of this specific text are found in the standard sources.

Significance The figure's significance is indeterminable from available evidence. The described work reflects the syncretic intellectual environment of the Roman Imperial period, where astrology (iatromathematics) was applied within some Hellenistic medical traditions.

Sources 1. Valerius Harpocration (Encyclopædia Britannica): https://www.britannica.com/biography/Valerius-Harpocration 2. Harpocration (physician) (Perseus Digital Library, Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology): http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aentry%3Dharpocratio-bio-2