Ĭleopatra is used as a character within the dialogue of the alchemical texts themselves.Ĭleopatra was a foundational figure in alchemy, contemporary with or even pre-dating Zosimos of Panopolis. The two supposedly lived during the same time and are said to have similar styles in their writing, both having grand imagery. She is also conflated with Cleopatra the Physician. One example of this can be found in Basillica Philosophica by Johann Daniel Mylius (1618), where her seal is pictured alongside the motto: "The divine is hidden from the people according to the wisdom of the Lord". Nonetheless, she is referred to as Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, in some later works. She is not the same person as Cleopatra VII. Identity and misnomers Ĭleopatra is a pseudonym for an unknown author or group of authors. These alchemists used complex apparatus for distillation and sublimation. She is associated with the school of alchemy typified by Mary the Jewess and Comarius. Ĭleopatra the Alchemist appears to have been active in Alexandria in the 3rd century or 4th century A.D. Some writers consider her to be the inventor of the alembic, a distillation apparatus. She experimented with practical alchemy but is also credited as one of the four female alchemists who could produce the philosopher's stone. 3rd century AD) was a Greek alchemist, author, and philosopher. Cleopatra the Alchemist ( Greek: Κλεοπάτρα fl.
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