Hermes Trismegistus

Hermes Trismegistus
a name variously ascribed by Neoplatonists and others to an Egyptian priest or to the Egyptian god Thoth, to some extent identified with the Grecian Hermes: various mystical, religious, philosophical, astrological, and alchemical writings were ascribed to him.
[ < ML < Gk Hermês Trismégistos Hermes thrice greatest]

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  • Hermes Trismegistus —    A collection of pseudonymous Greek treatises, believed during the Renaissance to be a distillation of the learning and religious wisdom of ancient Egypt and attributed to a mythical author named Hermes. Egypt in Hellenistic and Roman times… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

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  • Hermes Trismegistus — /ˌhɜmiz trɪsməˈdʒɪstəs/ (say .hermeez trismuh jistuhs) noun a name given by neoplatonists and others to the Egyptian god Thoth, who was to some extent identified with the Grecian Hermes, and to whom were attributed various works embodying… …  

  • Hermes Trismegistus — a name variously ascribed by Neoplatonists and others to an Egyptian priest or to the Egyptian god Thoth, to some extent identified with the Grecian Hermes: various mystical, religious, philosophical, astrological, and alchemical writings were… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hermes Trismegistus — noun Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Greek Hermēs trismegistos, literally, Hermes thrice greatest Date: 1583 a legendary author of works embodying magical, astrological, and alchemical doctrines …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • HERMES TRISMEGISTUS —    or the Thrice greatest, an Egyptian or Egyptian god to whose teachings or inspirations the Neo Platonists ascribed the great body of their peculiar doctrines, and whom they regarded as an incarnation or impersonation of the Logos …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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