On the Art of Fermentation

ment of Isis, while they are named "poets" ⁷) and "oecumenical teachers," and among the anonymous philosopher, "most renowned philosophers and new exegetes of Plato and Aristotle." Among these, the third or fourth place must be assigned to "the most holy, the most learned, the great Zosimus." By CHRISTIANUS he is called "the divine Zosimus," "the truth-loving Zosimus," "the philosopher Zosimus." By the philosopher PELAGIUS, "the ancient Zosimus" is distinguished from a certain younger one of the same name. By OLYMPIODORUS, the commentator of ZOSIMUS, he is extolled with the highest praises and is more than once called "the inspired Zosimus," "the ornament of philosophers," "the ocean-welling tongue," "the god-speaking intellect," having followed Melissus for the most part in the art, as also in "the one God," etc.

7. By this most honorable name, the princes and inventors of the chemical art are signified; similarly, they are called philosophers, oecumenical for the sake of honor.