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Chaldean theory of the moon (2)

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02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs



02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs


Keywords
Berossus
moon
Period
4th century CE
Roman Empire
Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars


Text
Aetius, De Placitis Reliquiae 2.25.12:
Berossus says that the moon is a sphere half consumed by fire.


Source (list of abbreviations)
Aetius, De Placitis Reliquiae 2.25.12

Bibliography

Verbrugghe and Wickersham 2000, 65Verbrugghe, Gerald P. and John M. Wickersham. Berossos and Manetho. Introduced and Translated. Native Traditions in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press 2000.

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Cf. Chaldean theory of dangerous periods (1)
Cf. Chaldean theory of the moon (1)
Cf. Chaldean theory of the moon (3)
Cf. Chaldean theory of the moon (4)
Cf. Chaldean theory of the moon (5)
Cf. Chaldean theory of the moon (6)
Cf. Chaldean theory of planets (1)
Cf. Chaldean theory of the sky (1)
Cf. Chaldean theory of the sky (2)

Amar Annus


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