Greek Horoscopes: Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 48)

This is a print on demand publication. What we know about Greek astronomy is dominated by Ptolemy's "Almagest" (written c. 140 A.D.) & closely related works like Theon's "Handy Tables" (end of 4th C.) but we have only very little info. about the practice of computing the positions of sun, moon, & planets during any period of antiquity. Now, the Greek horoscopes are available for study as a group which could be expected to reflect the current techniques of Greek astronomy. About 60 horoscopes from the first 5 centuries of our era have been published since Young (1828) & Champollion-Figeac (1840) in the papyrological literature, which comprises 18,000 texts. This vol. includes all horoscopes from this widely scattered material & a few unpublished pieces. Illustrations.

Author: H. B. Van Hoesen,Otto Neugebauer
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Published: 01/01/1987
Pages: 213
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 11.69h x 8.27w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9780871690487

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 196