Hermes Trismegistus

Summary

Hermes Trismegistus is a pseudonym^[1]. It worked as a philosopher^[2] and astrologer^[3]. It ranks in the top 7% of pseudonym entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,160 views/month).^[4]

Key Facts

• Hermes Trismegistus worked as a philosopher^[2].
• Hermes Trismegistus's professions included astrologer^[3].
• Hermes Trismegistus's image is recorded as HermesTrismegistusCaucHighRes.jpg^[5].
• Hermes Trismegistus's image is recorded as Hermes Trismegistus Sienna Cathedral Mosaic.jpg^[6].
• Hermes Trismegistus's image is recorded as Hermes mercurius trismegistus siena cathedral.jpg^[7].
• Hermes Trismegistus is recorded as male^[8].
• Hermes Trismegistus's instance of is recorded as pseudonym^[9].
• Hermes Trismegistus's instance of is recorded as human whose existence is disputed^[10].
• Hermes Trismegistus's instance of is recorded as epithet^[11].
• Hermes Trismegistus's ISNI is recorded as 0000000081027627^[12].
• Hermes Trismegistus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 24571510^[13].
• Hermes Trismegistus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 65145970325532252490^[14].
• Hermes Trismegistus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 3267160668324503560001^[15].
• Hermes Trismegistus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 822144647705342525212^[16].
• Hermes Trismegistus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 82154381046430292063^[17].
• Hermes Trismegistus's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 26151776784718011759^[18].
• Hermes Trismegistus's GND ID is recorded as 119068982^[19].
• Hermes Trismegistus's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80133312^[20].
• Hermes Trismegistus's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12057248q^[21].
• Hermes Trismegistus's IdRef ID is recorded as 245079416^[22].
• Hermes Trismegistus's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA04710449^[23].
• Hermes Trismegistus's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00458734^[24].
• Hermes Trismegistus's Commons category is recorded as Hermes Trismegistus^[25].
• Hermes Trismegistus's SBN author ID is recorded as CFIV051195^[26].
• Hermes Trismegistus's Libraries Australia ID is recorded as 35189746^[27].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include pseudonym^[9], human whose existence is disputed^[10], and epithet^[11].

Why It Matters

Hermes Trismegistus ranks in the top 7% of pseudonym entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,160 views/month).^[4] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

Works attributed to it include Emerald Tablet^[30], a manuscript^[31], written by it^[32]; Corpus Hermeticum^[33], a written work^[34], written by it^[35]; Poimandres^[36], a literary work^[37], written by Marsilio Ficino^[38]; and Cyranides^[39], a literary work^[40], founded in 0150^[41], written by it^[42].

FAQs

What did Hermes Trismegistus do for work?

Hermes Trismegistus worked as philosopher^[2] and astrologer^[3].