The hermetic logo in the apology of Arnobius the Elder

This article discusses the attitude of the 3rd-century apologist Arnobius the Elder to the philosophy of ancient Hermeticism and its mythical founder Hermes Trismegistus according to the apologetic essay The Seven Books against the Heathen. Also considered are the reasons for the refusal of the rhetoric from Sikki to abandon the so-called ‘Christian concordism’ with certain provisions of the Hermetic teaching and the dual perception of the image of Hermes Trismegistus.