Asclepius (treatise)

The Asclepius, also known as the Perfect Discourse (from the Greek Logos teleios), is a religio-philosophical Hermetic treatise. The original Greek text, which was likely written in Alexandria between 100 and 300 AD, is largely lost and only a few fragments remain. However, the full text is extant in an early Latin translation, and fragments from a Coptic translation have also been found among the documents discovered in Nag Hammadi. Quotes thumb|Words graven upon stones that tell of thy piety. O Aegypte, Aegypte, religionum tuarum solae supererunt fabulae, eaeque incredibiles posteris tuis; solaque supererunt verba lapidibus incisa, tua pia facta narrantibus. O Egypt, Egypt, of thy religious rites nought will survive but idle tales which thy children's children will not believe; nought will survive but words graven upon stones that tell of thy piety. The Latin Asclepius III.25 (Hermes Trismegistus speaks), in W. Scott, Hermetica, vol. 1 (1924), p. 342; quoted in W. G. Waddell, Manetho, with an English Translation (1940), p. vi External links Category:Literary works Category:History of Egypt