Lettere. Il Dio santo e immortale
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Corpus Christianorum in Translation
Hermes Trismegistus
The Latin Hermes in Translation
Asclepius, Glosses on Trismegistus, Book of 6 Principles of Things, Book of 24 Philosophers
Dan Attrell, Brett Bartlett, David Porreca, Matteo Stefani
- Pages: approx. 400 p.
- Size:156 x 234 mm
- Language(s):English, Latin
- Publication Year:2026
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-60983-6
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-60984-3
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This volume offers annotated English translations of the complete Latin Hermetic philosophical corpus based on the most recent critical editions, including the Asclepius, the Glosses on Trismegistus, the Book of 6 Principles, and the Book of 24 Philosophers.
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BIO
Dan Attrell holds a PhD in History from the University of Waterloo.
Brett Bartlett holds an MA in Classical Studies from the University of Waterloo.
David Porreca is an Associate Professor in the Classical Studies Department at the University of Waterloo.
Matteo Stefani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human and Social Sciences (DiSUS) at the Università degli Studi eCampus (Italy).
Summary
Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus, the legendary ancient Egyptian sage, had dozens of works in a wide variety of subjects pseudepigraphically attributed to him over the course of the last two-thousand years in at least a half-dozen different languages. This volume presents annotated modern English translations of a complete Latin collection of the philosophical corpus attributed to or commenting on the writings of the ancient sage, including the Asclepius, the Glosses on Trismegistus, the Book of 6 Principles, and the Book of 24 Philosophers. Prefaced by introductions and furnished with copious explanatory notes, these English translations render a set of challenging works accessible to a wider audience of students and scholars alike, based on the most recent critical editions, published in the Hermes Latinus sub-series of the Corpus Christianorum, Continuatio Mediaevalis (CC, CM 142, 143, and 143A) and in Textes et Etudes du Moyen Âge (volume 41).
