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name: Ostanes the Alchemist
name_greek: Ὀστάνης ὁ Ἀλχημιστής
eul_aid: sde
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/ostanes-the-alchemist-sde"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Koine (frg)
works_count: 1
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Ostanes the Alchemist

*Ὀστάνης ὁ Ἀλχημιστής*

**eul_aid:** `sde` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/ostanes-the-alchemist-sde)

Ostanes the Alchemist, a semi-legendary Persian magus. Surviving alchemical treatise in fragments. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Ostanes the Philosopher to Petasius-This Sacred and Divine Art](https://eulogikon.org/works/ostanes-sacred-divine-art-sde-aa) — *Ὀστάνου φιλοσόφου πρὸς Πετάσιον περὶ τῆς ἱερᾶς* · `sde-aa`

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