zosimus of panopolis probably lived in the fourth century in Alexandria, where he worked as a gnostic Christian and alchemist. A twenty-eight-volume alchemistic work, Chmeutik£ (Khemeutiká), is traced back to him, but apart from Volume 24 only fragments have survived.
Zosimus of Panopolis
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Bertolet, M., and E. Ruelle. Collection des anciens alchimistes grecs, 3 vols. Paris, 1887-1888. Lippmann, E. O. von. Entstehung und Ausbreitung der Alchemie, 3 vols. Hildesheim, 1919-1954. MARTIN KRAUSE