Fragmenta

Hermetica

Hermetica. The Ancient Greek and Latin Writings which Contain Religious or Philosophic Teachings Ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus, Vol. I. Scott, Walter, editor. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1924 (printing).

⟨... τῶν αἰσθητῶν⟩ θεῶν· οὗτοι δὲ εἰκόνες εἰσὶ ⟨τῶν⟩ νοη[μα]τῶν ⟨θεῶν⟩. οἷον ἥλιος εἰκών ἐστι τοῦ ἐπουρανίου δημιουργοῦ [θεοῦ]· καθάπερ γὰρ ἐκεῖνος τὸ ὅλον ἑδημιούργησε⟨ν, οὕτω⟩ καὶ ὁ ἥλιος δημιουργεῖ τὰ ζῷα καὶ [γεννᾷ] ⟨τὰ⟩ φυτά [καὶ τῶν πνευμάτων πρυτανεύει].