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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 includes all horoscopes from this widely scattered material & a few unpublished pieces.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.
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Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society - 48: Greek Horoscopes, Otto Neugebauer, Henry Bartlett Van Hoesen
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- 1987
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- Title
- Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society - 48: Greek Horoscopes
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- American Philosophical Society
- Released
- 1987
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN10
- 0871690489
- ISBN13
- 9780871690487
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Science & Math, Philosophical Topics, Illustrations, Science, Space, Ancient History, Astronomy, Ancient Greece
- Description
- 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 includes all horoscopes from this widely scattered material & a few unpublished pieces.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.