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A prophecy from ‘Horos’ (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
12 Assyrian Identity
12.02 Assyrian identity in post-Empire times
12.02.03 Assyria and Assyrians in Greek, Latin and Jewish sources
Horoscopes
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.01 Astrological and astronomical knowledge and theories
05.01.10 Astronomical and astrological texts
05.01.10.11 Horoscopes

Keywords
astrology
Mesopotamia
omens

Period
1st century BCE
Roman Empire

Channel
Roman poets

Text
Archytas of Tarentum, a famous Pythagorean mathematician (4th century BCE) is said to be the father of Babylonian Orops, or Horops, not otherwise known, but suggesting ‘horoscope’ and presumably an imaginary astrologer. Conon of Samos was a 3rd century BCE astronomer and mathematician.

Propertius 4.1.75-80:
I bring you Truth, on True Authority, or I’m a seer
Unable to operate his orrery.
I am Horos, whom Archytas’ scion, the Babylonian
Orops, begat; my family descends from Conon.
The gods will witness I am no disgrace to my relations
And in my writings credibility takes first place.

Source (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Propertius 4.1.75-80

Bibliography

Lee and Lyne 1994, 105, 183-184

Lee G. and O. Lyne. Propertius, The Poems. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1994.

Amar Annus

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