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Alchemy Ancient Greek Texts and Authors

19 authors • 154 works

Ancient Greek alchemy: books of transmutation, dyeing, and chemical recipes, in the original Greek.

Works

Alchemist I

Ἀλχημικὸν Ἀπόσπασμα
Alchemical Fragment
3 passages
Χημικὸν Ἀπόσπασμα
Alchemical Fragment
30 passages
Χημικὸν Ἀπόσπασμα
Alchemical Fragment
39 passages
Χημικὸν Ἀπόσπασμα
Alchemical Fragment
10 passages
Ἀλχημικὸν Ἀπόσπασμα
Alchemical Fragment
3 passages
Ἀλχημικὸν Ἀπόσπασμα
Alchemical Fragment
15 passages
Ἀλχημικὸν Ἀπόσπασμα
Alchemical Fragment
7 passages
Χημικὸν Ἀπόσπασμα
Alchemical Fragment
24 passages
Λεξικὸν κατὰ στοιχεῖον τῆς
Alchemical Lexicon
257 passages
Χημικὸν Σύγγραμμα
Alchemical Treatise, Recension A
340 passages
Χημικὸν Σύγγραμμα
Alchemical Treatise, Recension B
645 passages
Συμπέρασμα τῆς ποιήσεως
Conclusion of the Poem
5 passages
Χρυσοῦ ποίησις
Creation of Gold
15 passages
Ποίησις ἀσβέστου
Creation of Lime
9 passages
Ποίησις μᾶλλον τοῦ παντός
Creation Rather of the Whole
41 passages
Πρὸς Θεόδωρον Ἀφιέρωσις
Dedication to Theodorus
28 passages
Διάγραμμα τῆς μεγάλης ἡλιουργίας παραβαλλόμενον
Diagram of the Great Solar Work Compared to the Economy of the Universe
14 passages
Διαφοραὶ μολίβδου καὶ χρυσοπετάλου
Differences of Lead and Gold Leaf
52 passages
Βαφὴ τοῦ παρὰ Πέρσαις ἐξευρημένου χαλκοῦ
Dyeing of Persian Bronze Found by Philip
16 passages
Καταβαφὴ λίθων καὶ σμαράγδων καὶ λιχνιτῶν καὶ
Dyeing of Stones, Emeralds, Lichnites, and Hyacinths
295 passages
Ἡ οἰκονομία
Economy
16 passages
Εὐχὴ εἰς τὸ μελίσσιον
Euchē to the Beehive
0 passages
Ἐκλογὴ περὶ Μηνῶν
Excerpt on Months
41 passages
Ἐκ τῶν μεταλλικῶν
From the Metallics
15 passages
Ἑρμοῦ τρισμεγίστου ὄργανον
Hermes Trismegistus Instrument
24 passages
Εἰ θέλεις ποιῆσαι φούρμας καὶ τύλους ἀπὸ
If You Want to Make Molds and Casts from Thunderbolt, Do Thus
39 passages
Στάκτης ποίησις
Making of Ash
27 passages
Ποίησις κρυσταλλίων
Making of Crystals
22 passages
Ποίησις ἀργύρου
Making of Silver
16 passages
Οἰκονομία τῆς ἀσβέστου
Management of Lime
7 passages
Ὀνόματα τῶν χρυσοποιητῶν
Names of Goldsmiths
6 passages
Περὶ βαφῆς σιδήρου
On Dyeing Iron
56 passages
Περὶ τοῦ χρυσῶσαι σίδηρον
On Gilding Iron
26 passages
Περὶ τοῦ ποιῆσαι ὀξυγγοσάπουνον
On Making Oxysapon
10 passages
Περὶ τοῦ ὀρειχάλκου
On Orichalcum
4 passages
Περὶ μαργαριτῶν
On Pearls, Collection of Excerpts
95 passages
Περὶ ποιήσεως ἀσήμου
On the Creation of the Unmarked
13 passages
Περὶ τῆς θείας καὶ ἱερᾶς τέχνης τῶν φιλοσόφων
On the Divine and Sacred Art of Philosophers
37 passages
Βαφὴ τοῦ ἰνδικοῦ σιδήρου γραφεῖσα ἀπὸ ἀρχῆς
On the Dyeing of Indian Iron
16 passages
Περὶ τοῦ ὠοῦ οἱ παλαιοί φασιν οὕτως
On the Egg, the Ancients Say Thus
29 passages
Περὶ συνάξεως τῶν φιλοσόφων
On the Gathering of Philosophers
18 passages
Περὶ τοῦ θείου ἀκαύστου
On the Incombustible Sulfur
6 passages
Περὶ ποιήσεως κινναβάρεως
On the Making of Cinnabar
13 passages
Περὶ τοῦ μεταλλικοῦ λιθοῦ ἐν οἷς τοῖς τόποις
On the Metallic Stone and Where It Is Made
9 passages
Περὶ τῆς τιμιωτάτης καὶ πολυφήμου χρυσοχοϊκῆς
On the Most Precious and Renowned Goldsmithing
375 passages
Περὶ τοῦ λίθου τῶν φιλοσόφων
On the Philosopher's Stone
35 passages
Πόσος ὁ τῶν βαπτομένων ἐρίων σταθμὸς ὤφειλεν καὶ
On the Weight of Dyed Wool, Komaros, and Dye-waters
5 passages
Περὶ λευκώσεως, χαλκοῦ
On the Whitening of Copper
17 passages
Περὶ λευκώσεως τοῦ ἀρσενικοῦ τοῦ σχιστοῦ
On the Whitening of Split Male
10 passages
Ὀνοματοποιία τοῦ ὠοῦ· αὐτὸ γάρ ἐστιν τὸ
Onomatopoeia of the Egg, It Is the Mystery of the Art
19 passages
Ὁ οὐροβόρος δράκων
Ouroboros Dragon, Version 1
17 passages
Ὁ οὐροβόρος δράκων
Ouroboros Dragon, Version 2
10 passages
Ὁ λίθος τῆς φιλοσοφίας
Philosopher's Stone
11 passages
Ἡ ποίησις
Poetry
3 passages
Κινναβάρεως σκευασία
Preparation of Cinnabar
25 passages
Σκευασία ἀφρονίτρου τοῦ ζητουμένου εἰς τὰς
Preparation of Foam for Joining Gold, Silver, and Bronze
2 passages
Ὅτι σύνθετον καὶ οὐχ ἁπλοῦν τὸ εἶδος καὶ τίς ἡ
That the Form Is Composite and Not Simple
41 passages
Χρῆσις Ἰουστινιανοῦ βασιλέως
Use of Emperor Justinian
50 passages
Ποῖον εἶναι χρὴ τοῖς ἤθεσι τὸν μετιόντα τὴν
What Character Should the Pursuer of Knowledge Have
3 passages
Τίς ἡ τῶν ἀρχαίων ἄσβεστος
What is the Ancient Lime
17 passages
Τίς ἡ μετὰ τὴν ἴωσιν οἰκονομία
What is the Management After Healing
5 passages
Τίς ἡ τοῦ μέλανος ξηρίου κατασκευή
What Is the Preparation of the Black Dry
4 passages
Λεύκωσις ὕδατος, δι’ οὗ λευκαίνεται οἰκονομούμενον
Whitening of Water, Through Which Arsenic and Sandarac are Whitened
5 passages

Zosimus of Panopolis

Παραινέσεις συστατικαὶ τῶν ἐγχειρούντων τὴν τέχνην
Advisory Recommendations for Practitioners of the Art
16 passages
Τὸ ἀέριον ὕδωρ
Aerial Water
28 passages
Ἀλχημικὸν ἀπόσπασμα
Alchemical Excerpt
40 passages
Ἀλχημικὸν ἀπόσπασμα
Alchemical Excerpt
57 passages
Ὑδραργύρου ποίησις
Creation of Mercury
31 passages
Διάγραμμα
Diagram
4 passages
περὶ χαλκανθρώπων
Excerpt on Bronze Men
4 passages
Ἀπόσπασμα περὶ τῆς δεσμεύσεως τῆς Παρθένου
Excerpt on the Binding of the Virgin
4 passages
Ἀπόσπασμα περὶ τῶν μερῶν τῆς ἀλχημείας
Excerpt on the Parts of Alchemy
17 passages
Ἀπόσπασμα περὶ τοῦ λευκοῦ μολύβδου
Excerpt on White Lead
7 passages
Τὸ πρῶτον βιβλίον τῆς τελευταίας ἀποχῆς Ζωσίμου
First Book of the Last Abstinence of Zosimus the Theban
140 passages
Ἑρμηνεία περὶ πάντων ἁπλῶς καὶ περὶ τῶν φώτων
Interpretation on Everything Simply and on the Lights
23 passages
Ἑρμηνεία περὶ τῶν φώτων
Interpretation on the Lights
13 passages
Ποίησις ἐκ τουτίας ἀργύρου
Making of Silver from Tutia
8 passages
Περὶ ξανθώσεως
On Blondness
9 passages
Περὶ τοῦ τροφὴν εἶναι τὰ δ’ σώματα τῶν βαφῶν·
On Bodies Being the Nourishment of Dyes
32 passages
Περὶ αἰτιῶν
On Causes
5 passages
Περὶ θείων
On Divine Matters
64 passages
Περὶ θείου ὕδατος
On Divine Water
47 passages
Περὶ τοῦ θείου ὕδατος
On Divine Water
74 passages
Περὶ βαφῆς
On Dyeing
8 passages
Περὶ ὀργάνων καὶ καμίνων γνήσια ὑπομνήματα περὶ
On Instruments and Furnaces, Genuine Notes on the Omega Element
205 passages
Περὶ ἰοῦ
On Rust
4 passages
Περὶ αἰθαλῶν
On Soot
28 passages
Περὶ τοῦ ὅτι πάντων τῶν ὑγρῶν τὸ θεῖον ὕδωρ
On That All Liquids Are Called Divine Water
29 passages
Περὶ τοῦ ὅτι πάντα περὶ μιᾶς βαφῆς ἡ τέχνη
On That the Art Has Spoken About One Dye
21 passages
Περὶ σώματος μαγνησίας καὶ οἰκονομίας
On the Body of Magnesia and Economy
134 passages
Περὶ καύσεως σωμάτων
On the Burning of Bodies
53 passages
Περὶ ἀφορμῶν συνθέσεως
On the Causes of Composition
9 passages
Περὶ διαφορᾶς χαλκοῦ κεκαυμένου
On the Difference of Burnt Copper
13 passages
Περὶ διαφορᾶς χαλκοῦ κεκαυμένου
On the Difference of Burnt Copper
27 passages
Περὶ τοῦ θείου ὕδατος
On the Divine Water
40 passages
Περὶ τοῦ θείου ὕδατος (= Ζωσίμου τοῦ Πανοπολίτου
On the Divine Water
15 passages
Περὶ τοῦ θείου ὕδατος
On the Divine Water
12 passages
Περὶ ξηρίου
On the Drying Agent
7 passages
Περὶ οἰκονομίας τοῦ τῆς μαγνησίας σώματος
On the Economy of the Magnet Body
53 passages
Περὶ τῆς ἐξατμίσεως ὕδατος θείου
On the Evaporation of Divine Water
49 passages
Περὶ τῆς ἐξατμίσεως τοῦ θείου ὕδατος τοῦ πήσσοντος
On the Evaporation of the Divine Water that Coagulates Mercury
66 passages
Περὶ τῆς κατὰ πλάτος ἐκδόσεως τὸ ἔργον
On the Extensive Edition of the Work
161 passages
Περὶ τὰ Ὑπόστατα καὶ τὰ δʹ Σώματα κατὰ τὸν Δημόκριτον
On the Hypostata and the Four Bodies According to Democritus
121 passages
Περὶ τοῦ λίθου τῆς φιλοσοφίας
On the Philosopher's Stone
119 passages
Περὶ σκευασίας ὤχρας
On the Preparation of Ochre
23 passages
Περὶ σταθμοῦ ξανθώσεως
On the Scale of Blondness
60 passages
Περὶ τοῦ τριβίκου καὶ τοῦ σωλῆνος
On the Tribikos and the Tube
55 passages
Περὶ τοῦ τριβίκου καὶ τοῦ σωλῆνος
On the Tribikos and the Tube
28 passages
Περὶ τοῦ χρηστέον στυπτηρίᾳ στρογγύλῃ ἀντίλογος
On the Use of Round Alum, Counterargument
54 passages
Περὶ τοῦ ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ἀρκτέον τὸ ἔργον
On the Work to be Done at Every Time
47 passages
Περὶ σταθμῶν
On Weights
25 passages
Περὶ τοῦ τί ἐστιν κατὰ τὴν Τέχνην Οὐσία καὶ Ἀνουσία
On What Is According to the Art, Ousia and Non-Ousia
31 passages
Περὶ λευκώσεως
On Whitening
9 passages
Περὶ λευκώσεως
On Whitening
11 passages
Ποίημα Ζωσίμου, πρᾶξις γʹ
Poem of Zosimus, Act 3
19 passages
Ποίημα τοῦ Ζωσίμου, πρᾶξις γʹ
Poem of Zosimus, Act 3
26 passages
Βίβλος ἀληθὴς Σοφὲ Αἰγυπτίου καὶ θείου Ἑβραίων
True Book of Sophos the Egyptian and the Divine Lord of the Hebrews Sabaoth
29 passages
Καδμίας πλύσις
Washing of Cadmia
9 passages
Ζωσίμου τοῦ Πανοπολίτου γνησία γραφὴ περὶ τῆς
Zosimus of Panopolis, Genuine Writing on the Divine Art
43 passages
Ζωσίμου περὶ ὀργάνων καὶ καμίνων
Zosimus on Instruments and Furnaces
66 passages
Ζωσίμου περὶ ὀργάνων καὶ καμίνων
Zosimus on Instruments and Furnaces
59 passages
Ζωσίμου περὶ ὀργάνων καὶ καμίνων γνήσια ὑπομνήματα
Zosimus on Instruments and Furnaces, Genuine Notes on the Omega Element
109 passages
Ζώσιμος λέγει περὶ τῆς ἀσβέστου
Zosimus Speaks on Lime
40 passages
Ζώσιμος λέγει περὶ τῆς ἀσβέστου
Zosimus Speaks on Lime
31 passages
Ζωσίμου τοῦ θείου περὶ ἀρετῆς καὶ ἑρμηνείας
Zosimus the Divine on Aretē and Interpretation
265 passages
Ζωσίμου τοῦ Θείου περὶ Ἀρετῆς· περὶ Συνθέσεως Ὑδάτων, 〈Πρᾶξις〉 Αʹ
Zosimus the Divine on Aretē, on the Composition of Waters, Practice A
162 passages
Ζωσίμου τοῦ Θείου περὶ Ἀρετῆς 〈Πρᾶξις Αʹ〉
Zosimus the Divine on Aretē, Practice A
92 passages
Ζωσίμου πρὸς Θεόδωρον κεφάλαια
Zosimus to Theodorus, Chapters
57 passages
Ζωσίμου πρᾶξις βʹ
Zosimus' Practice B
51 passages
Βίβλος ἀληθὴς Σοφὲ Αἰγυπτίου καὶ θείου Ἑβραίων
Zosimus's True Book of the Egyptian Sage and Divine Sabaoth
27 passages
Ζωσίμου πρᾶξις βʹ
Zosimus, Act II
38 passages