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Hermes Trismegistus historicity

The historicity and existence of Hermes Trismegistus as a real person, credited with Hermetic writings

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Did Hermes Trismagistos exist

Hermes Trismegistus is not a historically verifiable individual but a legendary, syncretic figure formed in Hellenistic Egypt by the blending of the Greek Hermes and the Egyptian Thoth, who became the...