The Orphic Astrologer Critodemus : : Fragments with Annotated Translation and Commentary / / Cristian Tolsa.
Despite the relevance of astrology in Graeco-Roman mentality, our information about the early period of Hellenistic astrology is marred by the scarcity of original sources. Personal astrology did not take off until the late Hellenistic period, due to the more substantial Hellenization of Mesopotamia...
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Tolsa, Cristian , author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Orphic Astrologer Critodemus : Fragments with Annotated Translation and Commentary / Cristian Tolsa. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023] ©2024 1 online resource (XVII, 251 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte , 1862-1112 ; 155 Frontmatter -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- First part: Fragments related to contextualization -- Chapter 1 Critodemus and Berossus in Pliny, via Varro (F 1–2) -- Chapter 2 Critodemus’ Horasis: the astrologers’ opinions (F 3–5) -- Chapter 3 Orphic oaths (F 6) -- Second part: Technical fragments -- Chapter 4 The “distributions”: Critodemus’ innovation? (F 7–9) -- Chapter 5 The “terms” (F 10) -- Chapter 6 On the time and kind of death (F 11–13) -- Chapter 7 The klimakteres (F 14–15) -- Chapter 8 Tables for calculating the length of life (F 16–20) -- Appendix I: timeline of ancient astrology -- Appendix II: basic astrological doctrines -- Appendix III: tables in Valens IX and his emulation of Critodemus -- References -- Index of select Greek and Latin words from the texts -- Index of authors -- General index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Despite the relevance of astrology in Graeco-Roman mentality, our information about the early period of Hellenistic astrology is marred by the scarcity of original sources. Personal astrology did not take off until the late Hellenistic period, due to the more substantial Hellenization of Mesopotamia facilitating the import of Babylonian theories. The most relevant doctrines, mostly surviving as references and partial paraphrases in later authors and astrological miscellanies, are attached to the pseudepigraphical names of Nechepsos and Petosiris, which have been traced back to the Egyptian Demotic tradition. Critodemus, who is classified as a later author even if Firmicus Maternus invokes him as a founding authority, appears as a parallel to these Egyptian transmitters, in that he presented astrology, like them, in the form of a didactic poem, but employing an Orphic frame instead of Egyptian. By collecting, contextualizing, and analyzing all the evidence on this author, this book establishes a relatively early chronology for Critodemus and aims both at distinguishing his original contributions and at explaining the various forms in which his text was used and modified in the later tradition. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Jun 2024) Graeco-Roman scientific texts. Greek astrology. late-Hellenistic intellectual history. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2024 Part 1 9783111332192 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 English 9783111319292 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2023 9783111318912 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Classical Studies 2023 English 9783111319087 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Classical Studies 2023 9783111318110 ZDB-23-DGD print 9783111328768 https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111329147 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783111329147 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783111329147/original |
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Frontmatter -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- First part: Fragments related to contextualization -- Chapter 1 Critodemus and Berossus in Pliny, via Varro (F 1–2) -- Chapter 2 Critodemus’ Horasis: the astrologers’ opinions (F 3–5) -- Chapter 3 Orphic oaths (F 6) -- Second part: Technical fragments -- Chapter 4 The “distributions”: Critodemus’ innovation? (F 7–9) -- Chapter 5 The “terms” (F 10) -- Chapter 6 On the time and kind of death (F 11–13) -- Chapter 7 The klimakteres (F 14–15) -- Chapter 8 Tables for calculating the length of life (F 16–20) -- Appendix I: timeline of ancient astrology -- Appendix II: basic astrological doctrines -- Appendix III: tables in Valens IX and his emulation of Critodemus -- References -- Index of select Greek and Latin words from the texts -- Index of authors -- General index |
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Frontmatter -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- First part: Fragments related to contextualization -- Chapter 1 Critodemus and Berossus in Pliny, via Varro (F 1–2) -- Chapter 2 Critodemus’ Horasis: the astrologers’ opinions (F 3–5) -- Chapter 3 Orphic oaths (F 6) -- Second part: Technical fragments -- Chapter 4 The “distributions”: Critodemus’ innovation? (F 7–9) -- Chapter 5 The “terms” (F 10) -- Chapter 6 On the time and kind of death (F 11–13) -- Chapter 7 The klimakteres (F 14–15) -- Chapter 8 Tables for calculating the length of life (F 16–20) -- Appendix I: timeline of ancient astrology -- Appendix II: basic astrological doctrines -- Appendix III: tables in Valens IX and his emulation of Critodemus -- References -- Index of select Greek and Latin words from the texts -- Index of authors -- General index |
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