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Zosimos of Panopolis (Greek: Ζώσιμος ὁ Πανοπολίτης; also known by the Latin name Zosimus Alchemista, i.e. "Zosimus the Alchemist") was an alchemist and Gnostic mystic. He was born in Panopolis (present day Akhmim , in the south of Roman Egypt ), and likely flourished ca. 300. [ 2 ]
Mary or Maria the Jewess (Latin: Maria Hebraea), also known as Mary the Prophetess (Latin: Maria Prophetissa) or Maria the Copt (Arabic: مارية القبطية, romanized: Māriyya al-Qibṭiyya), [1] was an early alchemist known from the works of Zosimos of Panopolis (fl. c. 300) and other authors in the Greek alchemical tradition. [2]
Zosimos of Panopolis asserted that alchemy dated back to Pharaonic Egypt where it was the domain of the priestly class, though there is little to no evidence for his assertion. [27] Alchemical writers used Classical figures from Greek, Roman, and Egyptian mythology to illuminate their works and allegorize alchemical transmutation. [ 28 ]
Inner Garden Alchemy Research Group: a non-profit foundation that aims to transmit the alchemical tradition. Alchemy on In Our Time at the BBC; Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Alchemy; Book of Secrets: Alchemy and the European Imagination, 1500-2000 – A digital exhibition from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University
Zosimos of Panopolis, also known as Zosimus Alchemista, 3rd-century alchemist; Zosimus the Hermit, 3rd-century Christian ascetic; Zosimus, bishop of Naples, c. 356 – c. 362; Zosimas of Palestine (c. 460 – c. 560), Eastern Orthodox saint; Zosimus (historian) (c. 490–510) 5th-century Byzantine historian
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Especially important is the use made of them by the Egyptian alchemist Zosimus of Panopolis (fl. c. 300 CE), who also seems to have been familiar with the religio-philosophical Hermetica. [21] Hermes' name would become more firmly associated with alchemy in the medieval Arabic sources (see below ), of which it is not yet clear to what extent ...
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