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The original works were probably four books on dyeing: one on how to give base metals a yellow tinge (i.e., to 'dye' them gold), one on how to give base metals a white tinge (i.e., to 'dye' them silver), one on 'dyeing' stones (i.e., to create precious stones), and one on dyeing fabrics purple (using
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writings attributed to Democritus, whose author has sometimes likewise been identified as Bolos of Mendes, but who is now thought to have been an anonymous author active during the second half of the first century AD, most likely c. 54–68 AD. These writings are some of the oldest
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papyri (3rd century AD). However, the preserved parts focus more strongly on the production of silver and gold, thus reflecting the main interests of later Greek alchemists.
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alchemical works in existence, and have played an important role in defining alchemy as a discipline. In their original form, they probably consisted of a series of four books on
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are some of the most ancient works known in Western alchemy, and played a central role in its earliest development. They were frequently cited by alchemists such as
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writings dealing with the concepts of sympathy and antipathy, links the pseudo-Democritean writings back to earlier works attributed to 'Persian' authors such as
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The alchemical works of pseudo-Democritus are also responsible for popularizing the aphorism attributed to the legendary Persian alchemist
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Hē physis tēi physei terpetai, kai hē physis tēn physin nikai, kai hē physis tēn physin kratei
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and written by the alchemist Petasius, is now lost. However, another commentary, called
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Nature delights in nature, nature conquers nature, nature masters nature
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Nature delights in nature, nature conquers nature, nature masters nature
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is the name used by scholars for the anonymous authors of a number of
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The original alchemical works attributed to Democritus, known as the
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The Philosopher Synesius to Dioscorus: Notes on Democritus' Book
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Anonymous author(s) of works falsely attributed to Democritus
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and Ostanes, as well as to the works of Bolos of Mendes.
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extracts of them survive in two extant treatises called
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Several of these writings, most notably the lost works
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Some Greek alchemists also wrote commentaries on the
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Index

Greek
falsely attributed
pre-Socratic
Democritus
Pythagorean
Bolos of Mendes
alchemical
dyeing
Greek alchemists
Ostanes
epitomized
transmutation
base metals
precious stones
wool
Stockholm
Leyden
Tyrian purple
Zosimos of Panopolis
Synesius
Byzantine
pseudo-Olympiodorus
Stephanus
Ostanes
Hellenistic
pseudo-Zoroaster
Martelli 2013
Martelli 2013
Wellmann 1928
Holmyard 1957

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