Hermias the Apologist was a Christian writer active during the Roman period, most likely in the 3rd century CE. The date is uncertain, with some scholars suggesting he may have lived as late as the 4th or 5th century. He is known only as the author of a single surviving work, a short treatise titled The Derision of the Pagan Philosophers.

His significance lies in his contribution to early Christian literature that defended the faith against Greco-Roman culture. In his work, Hermias uses satire to mock the teachings of major Greek philosophers like Plato and Aristotle. Rather than offering complex philosophical arguments, he highlights contradictions between different schools of thought. According to modern scholars, his goal was to portray pagan philosophy as absurd and self-defeating, thereby asserting the superior and unified truth of Christian doctrine. This satirical, polemical approach is typical of a certain style of early Christian apologetics. The treatise is also seen as a historical witness to the intellectual conflict between emerging Christian thought and established classical traditions.