Source

Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius

Brian Copenhaver's translation is the standard critical scholarly edition of the Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius, prepared with the philological and historical apparatus that made it the reference point for dating and characterizing these Hermetic writings, working directly from the Greek and Latin texts rather than from a devotional or popular retelling. That direct critical translation method, checkable against the source texts, is the edition's real evidentiary basis. Use it for the content of the Hermetic writings and their scholarly dating and character as this critical edition establishes them; a claim about a later esoteric tradition's own reading or use of Hermetic ideas needs a source addressing that later reception directly, since this edition is focused on the ancient texts themselves.

Facts

Citation

Author

Brian P. Copenhaver

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publication Year

1992

URL

https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/literature/anglo-saxon-and-medieval-literature/hermetica-greek-corpus-hermeticum-and-latin-asclepius-new-english-translation-notes-and-introduction

Source Type

Critical translation with scholarly introduction

Assessment

Reliability Tier

Brian Copenhaver's standard critical scholarly translation of the Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius, prepared with the philological apparatus that made it the reference point for dating and characterizing the Hermetic writings, worked directly from the Greek and Latin texts.

Notes

Standard critical translation with introduction; the reference for the dating and character of the Hermetic writings.

Connections

Associated With

Asclepius

This source names Asclepius directly: "Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius, prepared with the philological and historical apparatus that made it the reference point for dating and characterizing these Hermetic writings..."

Source Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin AsclepiusBrian P. Copenhaver

Claims Backed By This Source (151 claims)

This source backs 151 claims across the atlas. As facts: 118 well-attested, 3 popular myth - corrected. As cited relationships: 7 holds. Plus 23 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Doctrines, 43 claims: 34 well-attested, 4 holds, 5 general references.
Hermetic Principles, 28 claims: 18 well-attested, 3 popular myth - corrected, 7 general references.
Articles, 25 claims: 23 well-attested, 2 general references.
Religions, 15 claims: 13 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Historical Figures, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
Subcategories, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 general references.
Prayers, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 general references.
Esoteric Texts, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 3 general references.