n. Mythology
Hermes as identified with the Egyptian god Thoth, the legendary author of works on alchemy, astrology, and magic.
[Medieval Latin Hermēs Trismegistus, from Greek Hermēs trismegistos : Hermēs, Hermes + trismegistos, thrice greatest (tris, thrice + megistos, greatest).]
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