(2.) Another Platonic philosopher was the disciple of Plotinus; but very little is known of him (Porphyr. Plot. Vif.; Fabricius. 1. c. ; Clinton, F. H. sub ann. B.C. 315, vol. ii, 3ded.).
(3.) Of Athens by citizenship, but by birth either of Ilium or Samos or Sicyon, a Stoic philosopher and an eminent geographer, surnamed o Trtniny i'iTnc, was the son of Euegetes, and a contemporary of Aristoph- anes of Byzantium, in the time of Ptolemy Epiph- anes, at. the beginning of the 2d century B.C. (Suid. s. v.; Athen. vi, 234: Clinton, F. H. vol. iii, sub aim. B.C. 199). In philosophy he was a disciple of Panae- tius. He made extensive journeys through Greece, to collect materials for his geographical works, in the course of which he paid particidar attention to the in- scriptions on votive offerings and on columns, whence he obtained the surname of 2-//\o/a'7ro-c. (Ath. 1. c. ; Casaub. ad loc). As the collector of these inscriptions, he was one of the earliest contributors to the Greek Anthology, and he wrote a work expressly, flepi t^ii> Kara 7T('\eig iTziypcmfu'triov (Athen. x, 436 d, 442 e) ; besides which, other works of his are mentioned upon the votive offerings and monuments in the Acropolis of Athens, at Laeedaemon. at Delphi, and elsewhere, which no doubt contained copies of numerous epigrams. Hence Jacobs infers that in all probability his works formed a chief source of the Garland of Melcager (.4 ni- madv. in A nth. Greec. vol. i, Proeem. p. xxxiv, xxxv). Athenaeus and other writers make very numerous quo- tations from his works, the titles of which it is unneces- sary to give at length. They are chiefly descriptions of different parts of Greece; some are on the paintings preserved in various places, and several are controver- sial, among which is one against Eratosthenes. See Fabricius, Bibl. Grcec. iii, 184; Vossius, De Hist. Grac. p. 159 fol. ed. Westermann; Clinton, F. If. iii, 524. where a list of his works is given. — Smith, Diet, of Gr. and Rom. Biog. and Mythol. s. v.
Folenz, John, a Polish prelate of some note, flour- ished in the first half of the 16th century. He was of noble parentage, and having decided to give himself to the service of the Church, studied theology in the Uni- versity of Cracow, and in Gcrmanv and other Conti-
nental high schools. He also visited Rome. After till- ing various minor ecclesiastical offices, he was made bishop of Saalland, a province at that time paying fealty to Poland, but under the secular rule of prince Albrecht of Brandenburg. In 1522 this prince, who had refused homage to the new king Sigismund, went to Germany, in company with bishop Jacob Dobeneck and bishop Polenz, to secure the independence of Poland and to accept the Protestant doctrines at the Diet of Nurem- berg, which they finally did in 1524. Bishop Polenz died shortly after this event. See Krasinski, Sh tch «f the Rise and Progress of the Reformation in Poland, vol. ii ; Alzog, Kirchengesch. ii, 327, 328 ; Theiner, ller- zog Albrecht von Preussen, etc. (Augsb. 1846). See also Prussia. (J. H. W.)
Polhemus, Abraham, D.D., a minister of the (Dutch) Beformed Church in America, was a lineal de- scendant of the Rev. Johannes T. Polhemus. the first minister of the Dutch Church of Brooklyn, Long Bland, who had previously been a missionary of the Reformed Church of Holland at Itamarca, Brazil. He came to this country in 1654, and died in 1676. But little more is known of him than these few dates and facts of his ministry. The subject of this notice was born at As- toria, L. I., in 1812; graduated at Rutgers College in 1831, and at the theological seminary in New Bruns- wick in 1835. Immediately after his licensure by the Classis of New York, in 1835, he settled at Hopewell, Dutchess Co., N. Y., and remained there until 1857, when he removed to Newark. N. J., and took charge of the newly organized North Reformed Church in May of that year. In October following he died at Newburgh, N. Y., of fever, after an illness of several weeks. He was a man of majestic physical proportions, tall, broad- shouldered, handsome, of amiable instincts and attrac- tive manners. The attachment of his parishioners and friends to him was almost unbounded. He was modest, and yet energetic; frank and cordial, but always dig- nified and commanding respect. His pastoral qualifi- cations were finely developed. As a preacher, lie was easy, graceful, impressive in manner, solid and instruc- tive in matter, evangelical and catholic in spirit, and full of "an unction from the Holy One" which gave him great acceptance with the people. He was a leading man in the councils of the Church and in her benevolent and educational institutions, and, had he lived, would have been eagerly sought for other high positions. His piety partook of the characteristics to which it gave its own burnished splendor. His death was a scene of glorious Christian triumph, which reminds one of Payson's experiences. A few hours before he died he exclaimed aloud, " I see Jesus ! Now that I have seen him, I never can come back again. I see Jesus! Did I not tell you I should see Jesus? My soul is ravished with the sight." After a while he added, "I have perfect assurance; not a doubt, not a fear." His last sermon was on the death of Stephen, and the sub- ject made a 'deep impression on his own heart. From the beginning of his sickness he felt that he would never recover, though with occasional encouragements to the contrary, and he prayed that, like Stephen, he might see Jesus. The answer came on his dying bed. A handsome memorial volume has been published, con- taining his biography and a selection of his sermons. His memory has been an inspiration to the church whose foundations he laid with faith and prayer, and which, after only three short months of earthly labors, he was destined to lead in person to heaven. (W. J. R.T.)