# Fragmenta alchemica 2

Iamblichus Alchemista, Fragmenta alchemica, Fragment 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/iamblichus-alchemista/fragmenta-alchemica/2

Εἶτα λείωσον· καὶ πρόσβαλε χολὴν ἰχνεύμονος, ἢ ἀλώπηκος, ἢ ἀλεκτρυόνος μελόποδος, καὶ πυρίτου τροχίσκον· ξήρανον ἐν σκιᾷ, καὶ λείωσας κατάγγισον εἰς ὑέλινον ἄγγος· καὶ τούτῳ εἰς πυξίδα μόλυβδον ἢ κασσίτερον βάλλων, κατάχωσον εἰς ἱππείαν ἐπὶ ἡμέρας ιε', καὶ λαβών ποίει οὕτως. Ἐπὶ μὲν ὀξείας λαβὼν τοῦ φαρμάκου τριόβολον ὁλκῆς, καὶ χολὴν καμήλου τὸ ἴσον, τρίβε, καὶ δὸς σησάμου τὸ μέγεθος· ἐὰν δὲ ἀλύπως κοσμῆσαι ἐν ἡμέραις ζ'· ἐὰν δὲ ἐν ἡμέραις ι', φακοῦ τὸ μέγεθος. Ἐπὶ δὲ ὑποκεχυμένον ἀνὰ παρακεντήσεως, λειοτριβήσας ἀπὸ τῆς πυξίδος, μικρὸν μετὰ γάλακτος γυναικείου ἀρρενοτόκου, ἐνχρίων ἐπὶ ἡμέρας ζ'. καὶ μὴ λούων ἐπὶ ἡμέρας μϛ'.

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Iamblichus Alchemista, Fragmenta alchemica, ed. Marcellin Berthelot, Charles-Émile Ruelle. 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/tlg2140.tlg001.local001/.