Himerios 2 was a patrikios during the reign of the emperor Michael III (Michael 11); he was known as the Pig because of his ugly face and is cited as an instance of Michael 11's depraved standards; he was given a rich reward by Michael 11 following a particularly memorable display of vulgarity at the emperor's table: Ps.-Symeon 659 (τινί ποτε πατρικίῳ - Ἱμέριος οὗτος ἐκαλεῖτο ὁ Χοῖρος, διὰ τὴν τοῦ προσώπου ἀγριότητα οὕτως κατονομαζόμενος; the sum was a hundred solidi), Theoph. Cont. IV 21 (p. 172) (a hundred pounds of gold), V 27 (pp. 253-254) (fifty pounds of gold), Scyl., p. 96. See Winkelmann, Quellenstudien, pp. 83, 119, 173.

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