---
name: Hermesianax of Colophon
name_greek: Ἑρμησιάναξ ὁ Κολοφωνεύς
eul_aid: iha
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/hermesianax-of-colophon-iha"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Ionic Elegiac
works_count: 3
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Hermesianax of Colophon

*Ἑρμησιάναξ ὁ Κολοφωνεύς*

**eul_aid:** `iha` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/hermesianax-of-colophon-iha)

Hermesianax of Colophon was a Hellenistic Ionic elegiac poet. Three surviving works are preserved. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Betrayal of Nanis](https://eulogikon.org/works/hermesianax-colophon-betrayal-of-nanis-iha-ac) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `iha-ac`
- [Orphic and Mythological Fragments](https://eulogikon.org/works/hermesianax-colophon-orphic-mythological-fragments-iha-ab) — *Ἀποσπάσματα* · `iha-ab`
- [Testimonies](https://eulogikon.org/works/hermesianax-colophon-testimonies-iha-aa) — *Μαρτυρίαι* · `iha-aa`

## License and provenance

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