Hermes Trismegistus

Legendary syncretic figure fusing the Greek Hermes with the Egyptian Thoth, named author of the Hermetica — the foundational texts of Hermeticism. Not a single historical person; a literary mask worn by anonymous late-antique sages writing in his voice.

Greek Hermēs Trismegistos — "Hermes the thrice-greatest."

• Hermeticism
• Emerald Tablet