Trismegistus
Americannoun
noun
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He quoted Hermes Trismegistus, the mythical author of a corpus of second- and third-century Alexandrian mystical texts: “As above, so below.”
From Slate • Aug. 1, 2016
They are drawn from the ancient works of Hermes Trismegistus, whose writings became popular during the Renaissance and Reformation.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2015
Disturbingly before their marriage he also met Karen, a heaven-wrought sheath Of ice and intellect and indifference, whose favorite reading in a hot New England summer is Hermes Trismegistus and Apollonius Rhodius.
From Time Magazine Archive
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When family straits got too much for him Alcott retired to his room, plunged into the Rig-Veda or the Confucian Analects or Hermes Trismegistus.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"I long to resume the reading of Hermes Trismegistus, which contains more important secrets than these sleight-of-hand tricks."
From The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt by Sumichrast, Frederick C. de (Frederick Caesar de)
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