ities ▁identified ▁with ▁foreign ▁counter parts . ▁In ▁P to le ma ic ▁Egypt , ▁for ▁example , ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁god ▁Th oth ▁was ▁identified ▁by ▁Greek ▁speak ers ▁as ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁form ▁of ▁Herm es . ▁The ▁two ▁gods ▁were ▁worship ed ▁as ▁one ▁at ▁the ▁Temple ▁of ▁Th oth ▁in ▁K hem enu , ▁a ▁city ▁which ▁became ▁known ▁in ▁Greek ▁as ▁Herm opol is . ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁Herm es ▁gain ing ▁the ▁attributes ▁of ▁a ▁god ▁of ▁translation ▁and ▁interpretation , ▁or ▁more ▁generally , ▁a ▁god ▁of ▁knowledge ▁and ▁learning . ▁This ▁is ▁illustrated ▁by ▁a ▁ 3 rd - century ▁BC ▁example ▁of ▁a ▁letter ▁sent ▁by ▁the ▁priest ▁Pet os ir is ▁to ▁King ▁Ne ch op so , ▁probably ▁written ▁in ▁Alexand ria ▁c . ▁ 1 5 0 ▁BC , ▁stating ▁that ▁Herm es ▁is ▁the ▁teacher ▁of ▁all ▁secret ▁wisdom s , ▁which ▁are ▁accessible ▁by ▁the ▁experience ▁of ▁religious ▁ec st asy . ▁ ▁An ▁ep ith et ▁of ▁Th oth ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁temple ▁at ▁Es na , ▁" Th oth ▁the ▁great , ▁the ▁great , ▁the ▁great ", ▁became ▁applied ▁to ▁Herm es ▁beginning ▁in ▁at ▁least ▁ 1 7 2 ▁BC . ▁This ▁l ent ▁Herm es ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁most ▁famous ▁later ▁titles , ▁Herm es ▁Tr ism eg ist us ▁( <0xE1> <0xBC> <0x99> ρ μ ῆ ς ▁ ὁ ▁ Τ ρ ι σ μ έ γ ι σ τ ος ), ▁"