Three Hymns of the Corpus Hermeticum Their Structures, their Rhythms and their Double Audience

The study of metric and accentual clausulae creating networks of echoes in the three parts of the Secret Hymnody (Corpus hermeticum, XIII, 17-20) shows that it is eurythmic prose with both pronunciations, which is not exceptional at the time of the Second Sophistic, while the hymn of Poimandres (I, 31-32) and the prayer of V, 10-11 have a real rhythmic interest only in modern spoken reading. So many readings, so many congregants with different cultural skills.