The Book of Asclepius Called Myriogenesis · Chapter 1

The Book of Asclepius Called Myriogenesis

No public-domain English translation; the Greek text survives only in fragments, mainly through citations in Vettius Valens and the *Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum* (CCAG). Recommended discussion: A. J. Festugière, *La révélation d'Hermès Trismégiste*, vol. 1 (Paris: Gabalda, 1944). · Stub entry; no text reproduced.

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**What survives.** The *Myriogenesis* ("Ten-Thousand Origins") was a Hermetic treatise on iatromathematical medicine, attributed to Hermes' disciple Asclepius. The Greek text is lost; brief citations are preserved in the astrological compendium of Vettius Valens (2nd c. CE) and in the medieval Byzantine excerpts collected as the *Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum* (CCAG, 12 vols., 1898-1953).

**Recommended discussion.** A. J. Festugière, *La révélation d'Hermès Trismégiste*, vol. 1: *L'astrologie et les sciences occultes* (Paris: Gabalda, 1944), surveys the surviving fragments and their context.