The Hermetica are a body of theological-philosophical texts written in late antiquity, but long
believed to be much older. Their supposed author, Hermes Trismegistus, was thought to be …

" Perhaps Hermeticism has fascinated so many people precisely because it has made it
possible to produce many analogies and relationships to various traditions: to Platonism in …

Contents (i) THE REVELATION. §§ 1-26. The man who speaks was visited in his sleep by
the supreme Mind, who taught him as follows. The beginning of things. In the beginning was …

This is the first major study devoted to the early Arabic reception and adaption of the figure of
Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary Egyptian sage to whom were ascribed numerous works …

Phanes (fa-nays) means" manifester" or" revealer", and is related to the Greek words" light"
and" to shine forth". Phanes Press was founded in 1985 to publish quality books on the …

Sage, scientist, and sorcerer, Hermes Trismegistus was the culture-hero of Hellenistic and
Roman Egypt. A human (according to some) who had lived about the time of Moses, but now …

The composition, which the editors entitle the" Book of Thoth", is preserved on over forty
Graeco-Roman Period papyri from collections in Berlin, Copenhagen, Florence, New …

The idea of preparing a translation of Heraclitus, along with Cornutus and the allegorical
scholia to Hesiod, was first proposed in the Society of Biblical Literature by members of the …

This first full-length study of Erasmus' translations of classical literature examines his
approach to translation and, more generally, his role as a transmitter of the classics. It traces …

The Phoenix Pre-Socratic series is designed for modern students of the Pre-Socratic
philosophers. This volume provides the Greek text of Heraclitus with a new, facing page …