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Hermes Trismegistus definition

Hermes Tris·me·gis·tus (tris′mə jis′təs)

legendary ancient Egyptian author of a body of esoteric writings of the 1st-3rd cent. on cosmogony, the soul, magic, etc.

Etymology: Gr, Thoth < Hermēs trismegistos, lit., Hermes the thrice greatest: the Greeks identified Thoth with Hermes

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