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A Greek text combining physiognomy and astrology (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list)
Body parts
02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs
02.06 Human/divine/anthropomorphic symbols, imagery and iconographic motifs
02.06.03 Body parts
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
Physiognomic omens (Alandimmû and Nigdimdimmû)
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.02 Omen interpretation
05.02.06 Physiognomic omens (Alandimmû and Nigdimdimmû)

Keywords
Greece
omens
physiognomy

Period
3rd century CE
Roman Empire

Channel
Christian-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Hippolytus, Refutatio 4.15.1:
Those who belong to the sign of Taurus are recognized by their round head, abundant hair, their square-shaped, dark eyes and bushy, black eyebrows, and their broad face. The whites of their eyes are covered with red veins, (and) the eyelid is thick.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Hippolytus, Refutatio 4.15.1

Bibliography

Böck 2000, 619

Böck, Barbara. “'An Esoteric Babylonian Commentary' Revisited.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 120 (2000) 615-620. [JSTOR (requires subscription)]

Amar Annus

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