---
name: Zosimus of Panopolis
name_greek: Ζώσιμος ὁ Πανοπολίτης
eul_aid: tyc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/zosimus-of-panopolis-tyc"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Technical Koine
works_count: 68
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Zosimus of Panopolis

*Ζώσιμος ὁ Πανοπολίτης*

**eul_aid:** `tyc` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/zosimus-of-panopolis-tyc)

Zosimus of Panopolis, Greco-Egyptian alchemist of the late third century. Works on alchemical processes. Free to download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Advisory Recommendations for Practitioners of the Art](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-advisory-practitioners-tyc-ak) — *Παραινέσεις συστατικαὶ τῶν ἐγχειρούντων τὴν τέχνην* · `tyc-ak`
- [Aerial Water](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-aerial-water-tyc-cd) — *Τὸ ἀέριον ὕδωρ* · `tyc-cd`
- [Alchemical Excerpt](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-alchemical-excerpt-tyc-ca) — *Ἀλχημικὸν ἀπόσπασμα* · `tyc-ca`
- [Alchemical Excerpt](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-alchemical-excerpt-tyc-bz) — *Ἀλχημικὸν ἀπόσπασμα* · `tyc-bz`
- [Creation of Mercury](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-mercury-creation-tyc-bt) — *Ὑδραργύρου ποίησις* · `tyc-bt`
- [Diagram](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-diagram-tyc-cn) — *Διάγραμμα* · `tyc-cn`
- [Excerpt-Bronze Men](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-bronze-men-tyc-br) — *περὶ χαλκανθρώπων* · `tyc-br`
- [Excerpt-Parts of Alchemy](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-alchemy-excerpt-tyc-bg) — *Ἀπόσπασμα περὶ τῶν μερῶν τῆς ἀλχημείας* · `tyc-bg`
- [Excerpt-the Binding of the Virgin](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-binding-virgin-tyc-as) — *Ἀπόσπασμα περὶ τῆς δεσμεύσεως τῆς Παρθένου* · `tyc-as`
- [Excerpt-White Lead](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-white-lead-tyc-bs) — *Ἀπόσπασμα περὶ τοῦ λευκοῦ μολύβδου* · `tyc-bs`
- [First Book of the Last Abstinence of Zosimus the Theban](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-first-book-of-the-last-abstinence-of-zosimus-the-theban-tyc-ah) — *Τὸ πρῶτον βιβλίον τῆς τελευταίας ἀποχῆς Ζωσίμου* · `tyc-ah`
- [InterpretatiEverything Simply and-Lights](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-interpretation-lights-tyc-al) — *Ἑρμηνεία περὶ πάντων ἁπλῶς καὶ περὶ τῶν φώτων* · `tyc-al`
- [InterpretatiLights](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-interpretations-tyc-bl) — *Ἑρμηνεία περὶ τῶν φώτων* · `tyc-bl`
- [Making of Silver from Tutia](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-silver-tutia-tyc-bh) — *Ποίησις ἐκ τουτίας ἀργύρου* · `tyc-bh`
- [On Blondness](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-blondness-tyc-ch) — *Περὶ ξανθώσεως* · `tyc-ch`
- [On Bodies Being the Nourishment of Dyes](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-bodies-nourishment-dyes-tyc-aq) — *Περὶ τοῦ τροφὴν εἶναι τὰ δ’ σώματα τῶν βαφῶν·* · `tyc-aq`
- [On Causes](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-causes-tyc-cl) — *Περὶ αἰτιῶν* · `tyc-cl`
- [On Divine Matters](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-divine-matters-tyc-cb) — *Περὶ θείων* · `tyc-cb`
- [On Divine Water](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-divine-water-tyc-cf) — *Περὶ τοῦ θείου ὕδατος* · `tyc-cf`
- [On Divine Water](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-divine-water-tyc-ce) — *Περὶ θείου ὕδατος* · `tyc-ce`
- [On Dyeing](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-dyeing-tyc-cm) — *Περὶ βαφῆς* · `tyc-cm`
- [On Instruments and Furnaces, Genuine Notes-the Omega Element](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-instruments-furnaces-omega-tyc-ad) — *Περὶ ὀργάνων καὶ καμίνων γνήσια ὑπομνήματα περὶ* · `tyc-ad`
- [On Rust](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-rust-tyc-co) — *Περὶ ἰοῦ* · `tyc-co`
- [On Soot](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-soot-tyc-cp) — *Περὶ αἰθαλῶν* · `tyc-cp`
- [On That All Liquids Are Called Divine Water](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-liquids-divine-water-tyc-an) — *Περὶ τοῦ ὅτι πάντων τῶν ὑγρῶν τὸ θεῖον ὕδωρ* · `tyc-an`
- [On That the Art Has Spoken About One Dye](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-art-dye-tyc-ap) — *Περὶ τοῦ ὅτι πάντα περὶ μιᾶς βαφῆς ἡ τέχνη* · `tyc-ap`
- [On the Body of Magnesia and Economy](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-magnesia-economy-tyc-av) — *Περὶ σώματος μαγνησίας καὶ οἰκονομίας* · `tyc-av`
- [On the Burning of Bodies](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-burning-bodies-tyc-bm) — *Περὶ καύσεως σωμάτων* · `tyc-bm`
- [On the Causes of Composition](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-causes-composition-tyc-bd) — *Περὶ ἀφορμῶν συνθέσεως* · `tyc-bd`
- [On the Difference of Burnt Copper](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-burnt-copper-tyc-az) — *Περὶ διαφορᾶς χαλκοῦ κεκαυμένου* · `tyc-az`
- [On the Difference of Burnt Copper](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-burnt-copper-tyc-ba) — *Περὶ διαφορᾶς χαλκοῦ κεκαυμένου* · `tyc-ba`
- [On the Divine Water](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-divine-water-tyc-bw) — *Περὶ τοῦ θείου ὕδατος* · `tyc-bw`
- [On the Divine Water](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-divine-water-tyc-bv) — *Περὶ τοῦ θείου ὕδατος (= Ζωσίμου τοῦ Πανοπολίτου* · `tyc-bv`
- [On the Divine Water](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-divine-water-tyc-bu) — *Περὶ τοῦ θείου ὕδατος* · `tyc-bu`
- [On the Drying Agent](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-drying-agent-tyc-bx) — *Περὶ ξηρίου* · `tyc-bx`
- [On the Economy of the Magnet Body](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-magnet-body-tyc-bb) — *Περὶ οἰκονομίας τοῦ τῆς μαγνησίας σώματος* · `tyc-bb`
- [On the Evaporation of Divine Water](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-evaporation-divine-water-tyc-ay) — *Περὶ τῆς ἐξατμίσεως ὕδατος θείου* · `tyc-ay`
- [On the Evaporation of the Divine Water that Coagulates Mercury](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-divine-water-mercury-tyc-ae) — *Περὶ τῆς ἐξατμίσεως τοῦ θείου ὕδατος τοῦ πήσσοντος* · `tyc-ae`
- [On the Extensive Edition of the Work](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-extensive-edition-tyc-at) — *Περὶ τῆς κατὰ πλάτος ἐκδόσεως τὸ ἔργον* · `tyc-at`
- [On the Philosopher's Stone](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-philosophers-stone-tyc-bj) — *Περὶ τοῦ λίθου τῆς φιλοσοφίας* · `tyc-bj`
- [On the Preparation of Ochre](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-preparation-ochre-tyc-bi) — *Περὶ σκευασίας ὤχρας* · `tyc-bi`
- [On the Scale of Blondness](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-scale-blondness-tyc-bk) — *Περὶ σταθμοῦ ξανθώσεως* · `tyc-bk`
- [On the Substances and the Four Bodies According to Democritus](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-substances-four-bodies-tyc-af) — *Περὶ τῶν ὑποστάτων καὶ τῶν δʹ σωμάτων κατὰ τὸν* · `tyc-af`
- [On the Tribikos and the Tube](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-tribikos-tube-tyc-be) — *Περὶ τοῦ τριβίκου καὶ τοῦ σωλῆνος* · `tyc-be`
- [On the Tribikos and the Tube](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-tribikos-tube-tyc-bf) — *Περὶ τοῦ τριβίκου καὶ τοῦ σωλῆνος* · `tyc-bf`
- [On the Use of Round Alum, Counterargument](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-round-alum-counterargument-tyc-ao) — *Περὶ τοῦ χρηστέον στυπτηρίᾳ στρογγύλῃ ἀντίλογος* · `tyc-ao`
- [On the Work to be Done at Every Time](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-work-done-tyc-au) — *Περὶ τοῦ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ἀρκτέον τὸ ἔργον* · `tyc-au`
- [On Weights](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-weights-tyc-ck) — *Περὶ σταθμῶν* · `tyc-ck`
- [On What is According to the Art, Substance and NSubstance](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-art-substance-tyc-ag) — *Περὶ τοῦ τί ἐστιν κατὰ τὴν τέχνην, οὐσία καὶ* · `tyc-ag`
- [On Whitening](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-whitening-tyc-ci) — *Περὶ λευκώσεως* · `tyc-ci`
- [On Whitening](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-whitening-tyc-cj) — *Περὶ λευκώσεως* · `tyc-cj`
- [Poem of Zosimus, Act 3](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-poem-act-3-tyc-bn) — *Ποίημα Ζωσίμου (πρᾶξις γʹ)* · `tyc-bn`
- [Poem of Zosimus, Act 3](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-poem-act-3-tyc-bo) — *Ποίημα τοῦ Ζωσίμου (πρᾶξις γʹ)* · `tyc-bo`
- [True Book of Sophos the Egyptian and the Divine Lord of the Hebrews Sabaoth](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-true-book-sophos-egyptian-tyc-aa) — *Βίβλος ἀληθὴς Σοφὲ Αἰγυπτίου καὶ θείου Ἑβραίων* · `tyc-aa`
- [Washing of Cadmia](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-washing-cadmia-tyc-cc) — *Καδμίας πλύσις* · `tyc-cc`
- [Zosimus of Panopolis, *Genuine Writing-the Divine Art*](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-genuine-divine-art-tyc-aj) — *Ζωσίμου τοῦ Πανοπολίτου γνησία γραφὴ περὶ τῆς* · `tyc-aj`
- [Zosimus Speaks-Lime](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-speaks-lime-tyc-bq) — *Ζώσιμος λέγει περὶ τῆς ἀσβέστου* · `tyc-bq`
- [Zosimus Speaks-Lime](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-speaks-lime-tyc-bp) — *Ζώσιμος λέγει περὶ τῆς ἀσβέστου* · `tyc-bp`
- [Zosimus the Divine-Virtue and Interpretation](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-divine-virtue-interpretation-tyc-am) — *Ζωσίμου τοῦ θείου περὶ ἀρετῆς καὶ ἑρμηνείας* · `tyc-am`
- [Zosimus the Divine-Virtue Practice A](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-divine-virtue-practice-tyc-ar) — *Ζωσίμου τοῦ θείου περὶ ἀρετῆς 〈πρᾶξις αʹ〉* · `tyc-ar`
- [Zosimus the Divine-Virtue,-the Composition of Waters Practice A](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-composition-of-waters-tyc-ac) — *Ζωσίμου τοῦ θείου περὶ ἀρετῆς·περὶ συνθέσεως* · `tyc-ac`
- [Zosimus to Theodorus, Chapters](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-theodorus-tyc-bc) — *Ζωσίμου πρὸς Θεόδωρον κεφάλαια* · `tyc-bc`
- [Zosimus' Practice B](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-practice-b-tyc-by) — *Ζωσίμου πρᾶξις βʹ* · `tyc-by`
- [Zosimus's True Book of the Egyptian Sage and Divine Sabaoth](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-true-book-egyptian-sabaoth-tyc-ai) — *Βίβλος ἀληθὴς Σοφὲ Αἰγυπτίου καὶ θείου Ἑβραίων* · `tyc-ai`
- [Zosimus, Act II](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-act-ii-tyc-cg) — *Ζωσίμου πρᾶξις βʹ* · `tyc-cg`
- [Zosimus-Instruments and Furnaces](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-instruments-furnaces-tyc-aw) — *Ζωσίμου περὶ ὀργάνων καὶ καμίνων* · `tyc-aw`
- [Zosimus-Instruments and Furnaces](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-instruments-furnaces-tyc-ax) — *Ζωσίμου περὶ ὀργάνων καὶ καμίνων* · `tyc-ax`
- [Zosimus-Instruments and Furnaces, Genuine Notes-the Omega Element](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-instruments-furnaces-omega-tyc-ab) — *Ζωσίμου περὶ ὀργάνων καὶ καμίνων γνήσια ὑπομνήματα* · `tyc-ab`

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