Character in "Asclepius", and "Discourse of the 8th and 9th". (NHL)Regarded as related to the ancient God Hermes. Hermes Trimegistos, is mentioned in several Jewish works as knowing Abraham, and mentioned by Solomon. (See also; "The Kybalion", Three Initiates, Inner Traditions, 2004.) See http://www.gnosis.org/library/hermes2.html in regard to the Hermetic text "Asclepius", and compare to the "Asclepius" text in the Nag Hammadi Library. Hermas: Reference to the "Shepherd of Hermas". (Hermes). http://www.gnosis.org/library/hermas.htm