Zosimos of Panopolis

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Zosimos of Panopolis (Greek: Ζώσιμος ὁ Πανοπολίτης; also known by the Latin name Zosimus Alchemista, i.e. "Zosimus the Alchemist") was an alchemist and Gnostic mystic. He was born in Panopolis (present day Akhmim, in the south of Roman Egypt), and likely flourished c. 300 AD.

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Image: Unknown Byzantine Greek illustrator, reproduced by Marcelin Berthelot in his 1887 text, Collection des anciens alchimistes grecs, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.