Greek alchemists

purported author of the Hermetic Corpus

Synesius of Cyrene (; ; c. 373 – c. 414) was a Greek bishop of Ptolemais in ancient Libya, a part of the Western Pentapolis of Cyrenaica after 410. He was born of wealthy parents at Balagrae (now Bayda, Libya) near Cyrene between 370 and 375.

alchemist who lived between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE in Alexandria

3rd and 4th century Egyptian alchemist and author

Egyptian alchemist

philosopher

ancient Greek poet