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The eclipse of the moon in Leo (1)

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05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore



Keywords
omens
Period
1st century BCE
6th century CE
Achaemenid Empire
Roman Empire
Channel
Byzantine philosophers and scholars
Mesopotamian scholars and priests
Papyri from Egypt
Roman philosophers and scholars


Text
BM 36746:
If the moon is eclipsed in Leo and finishes the watch … the King of Akkad will experience hardship.
John Lydus, De Ostensis 9 W:
When an eclipse occurs in Leo it signifies some defeat to kings. … If an eclipse occurs in the royal trine, that is Aries, Leo and Sagittarius, some such mishap is bound to befall someone connected with the royal court.
Cicero, De Divinatione 1.121:
If an eclipse of the moon occurred a little before sunrise in the sign Leo, Darius and the Persians would be defeated militarily by Alexander and the Macedonians (in battle) and Darius would die.
There is also a similar entry in a text from Hellenistic Egypt, Corpus Catalogorum Astrologicorum Graecorum 7.131.


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BM 36746
John Lydus, De Ostensis 9 W
Cicero, De Divinatione 1.121
Corpus Catalogorum Astrologicorum Graecorum 7.131

Bibliography

Wardle 2006, 398Wardle, David. Cicero on Divination: De Divinatione, Book 1. Translated with introduction and historical commentary. Clarendon Ancient History Series. Oxford: Clarendon Press 2006.

Amar Annus


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