The Egyptian Hermes: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind by Garth Fowden

The Egyptian Hermes: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind

Garth Fowden

272 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy religion challenging informative medium-paced
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Sage, scientist, and sorcerer, Hermes Trismegistus was the culture-hero of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. A human (according to some) who had lived about the time of Moses, but now indisputably a god, he was credited with the authorship of numerous ...

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