# Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου. Κλείς 8a

Corpus Hermeticum, Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου. Κλείς, Section 8a. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/corpus-hermeticum/text-4/8a

ψυχὴ δὲ εἰς ἀνθρώπου σῶμα εἰσελθοῦσα, ἐὰν κακὴ μείνῃ, οὐ[τε] γεύεται ἀθανασίας, [οὔτε τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μεταλαμβάνει,] παλίσσυρτος δὲ τὴν ὁδὸν ὑποστρέφει τὴν ἐπὶ τὰ ἑρπετά· ⟨⟨καὶ ἡ κακοδαίμων, ἀγνοήσασα ἑαντήν, δουλεύει σώμασιν ἀλλοκότοις καὶ μοχθηροῖς.⟩⟩ καὶ αὕτη καταδίκη ψυχῆς κακῆς.

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Anonymous, Ἑρμοῦ τοῦ τρισμεγίστου. Κλείς, ed. Walter Scott. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1286.tlg010.local001/.