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The origins of alchemy in Graeco-Roman Egypt / Jack Lindsay.

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Lindsay, Jack, 1900-1990
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Barnes & Noble, [1970]
Subjects:	Alchemy > History. Alchemy. History.

Table of Contents:

Greek scientific thought before alchemy
Historical references
More historical references
The name alchemy
Demokritos and Bolos of Mendes
More on Bolos
Ostanes
Hermes Trismegistos
Isis
Ancient and contemporary crafts
Maria the Jewess
Kleopatra
Womb furnace and vase
Agathodaimon
Zosimos
More on Zosimos
The later Greek alchemists
Conclusions.