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In alchemy, the term chrysopoeia (Ancient Greek: χρυσοποιία, khrusopoiia) means transmutation into gold (from the Greek χρυσός, khrusos, "gold", and ποιεῖν, poiein, "to make"). It symbolically indicates the creation of the philosopher's stone and the completion of the Great Work.

The word was used in the title of a brief alchemical work, the Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra attributed to Cleopatra the Alchemist, which was probably written in the first centuries of the Christian era, but which is first found on a single leaf in a tenth-to-eleventh century manuscript in the Biblioteca Marciana, Venice, MS Marciana gr. Z. 299.^[1] The document features an ouroboros containing the words "the all is one" (ἕν τὸ πᾶν, hen to pān), a concept that is related to Hermeticism. Stephen of Alexandria wrote a De Chrysopoeia.^[2] Chrysopoeia is also the title of a 1515 poem by Giovanni Augurello.

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^ Berthelot, Marcellin (1887). Collection des ancien alchimistes grec. Tome 1. Paris: Steinheil. p. 128.
^ Stanton J. Linden. The alchemy reader: from Hermes Trismegistus to Isaac Newton. 2003. p.54

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[1] Berthelot, Marcellin (1887). Collection des ancien alchimistes grec. Tome 1. Paris: Steinheil. p. 128.

[2] Stanton J. Linden. The alchemy reader: from Hermes Trismegistus to Isaac Newton. 2003. p.54

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 In [[alchemy]], the term '''chrysopoeia''' ({{lang-grc|χρυσοποιία}}, ''{{lang|grc-Latn|khrusopoiia}}'') means [[Alchemy|transmutation]] into [[gold]] (from the [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{lang|grc|χρυσός}}, ''{{lang|grc-Latn|khrusos}}'', "gold", and {{lang|grc|ποιεῖν}}, ''{{lang|grc-Latn|poiein}}'', "to make"). It symbolically indicates the creation of the [[philosopher's stone]] and the completion of the [[Magnum opus (alchemy)|Great Work]].
-The word was used in the title of a brief alchemical work, the ''Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra'' attributed to [[Cleopatra the Alchemist]], which was probably written in the first centuries of the Christian era, but which is first found on a single leaf in a tenth-to-eleventh century manuscript in the [[Biblioteca Marciana]], [[Venice]], MS Marciana gr. Z. 299.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berthelot |first1=Marcillin |title=Collection des ancien alchimistes grec. Tome 1 |date=1887 |publisher=Steinheil |location=Paris |page=128}}</ref> The document features an [[ouroboros]] containing the words "the all is one" ({{lang|grc|ἕν τὸ  πᾶν}}, ''{{lang|grc-Latn|hen to pān}}''), a concept that is related to [[Hermeticism]]. [[Stephen of Alexandria]] wrote a ''De Chrysopoeia''.<ref>Stanton J. Linden. ''The alchemy reader: from Hermes Trismegistus to Isaac Newton.'' 2003. p.54</ref>   ''Chrysopoeia'' is also the title of a 1515 poem by [[Giovanni Augurello]].
+The word was used in the title of a brief alchemical work, the ''Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra'' attributed to [[Cleopatra the Alchemist]], which was probably written in the first centuries of the Christian era, but which is first found on a single leaf in a tenth-to-eleventh century manuscript in the [[Biblioteca Marciana]], [[Venice]], MS Marciana gr. Z. 299.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berthelot |first1=Marcellin |title=Collection des ancien alchimistes grec. Tome 1 |date=1887 |publisher=Steinheil |location=Paris |page=128}}</ref> The document features an [[ouroboros]] containing the words "the all is one" ({{lang|grc|ἕν τὸ  πᾶν}}, ''{{lang|grc-Latn|hen to pān}}''), a concept that is related to [[Hermeticism]]. [[Stephen of Alexandria]] wrote a ''De Chrysopoeia''.<ref>Stanton J. Linden. ''The alchemy reader: from Hermes Trismegistus to Isaac Newton.'' 2003. p.54</ref>   ''Chrysopoeia'' is also the title of a 1515 poem by [[Giovanni Augurello]].
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