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Months associated with countries (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Constellations 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.01 Astrological and astronomical knowledge and theories 05.01.03 Constellations Hemerological and menological omens (Iqqur īpuš) 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.02 Omen interpretation 05.02.04 Hemerological and menological omens (Iqqur īpuš)	Keywords astrology Greece omens
Period 2nd century CE 5th century CE 6th century CE Byzantine Empire	Channel Byzantine philosophers and scholars

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In the middle of the second century BCE appear a few indications of Greek elaborations on Mesopotamian astral divination. Hephaestio of Thebes (5th century CE) described a system in which different countries are under the influence of parts of the constellations forming the twelve zodiacal signs, attributing the theory to ‘Hipparchus and the ancient (astrologers) of the Egyptians’. This idea may have been suggested by the Babylonian system of associating months with countries.

Sources (list of abbreviations)
Damascius, Apotelesmatica 1.1.7
Damascius, Apotelesmatica 1.1.162

Bibliography

Pingree 1997, 25

Pingree, David. From Astral Omens to Astrology. From Babylon to Bikaner. Serie Orientale Roma 78. Rome: Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente 1997.

Amar Annus

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