Poimandres

Having said these things, he prayed, saying:

"I adjure you, O Heaven, wise work of the great God; I adjure you, O Voice of the Father which He spoke first, when He established the whole world. I adjure you by the only-begotten Word and by the Father who contains all things: be propitious, be propitious."

Behold, he has taught us clearly, wonderfully, and angelically to theologize about the all-venerable Trinity. But if, in the present text, it is not possible to find it word-for-word as it is stated in Suidas, it is not at all surprising. For when he happened upon a certain book somewhere that was more corrected than ours, he found these things in it. For books often suffer corruption, either because of the passage of long time, or the ignorance of the scribes, or even from the carelessness or the ignorance of the owners who took poor care of them. Indeed, we have also found many other wonderful things of Hermes in Stobaeus John of Stobi, a 5th-century compiler of ancient extracts., none of which are in our current copies. For this reason, let no one disbelieve Suidas, nor disparage the book if it is not in it. But let us be satisfied with what is found, since having something is always better than merely expecting it. For the rest, I pray that you

May live long and see the light of the sun,
Happy among the people and reach the threshold of old age,

according to the poet A paraphrase of Homeric style, reflecting a traditional Greek blessing..