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Phoenician intermediary of astrology (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
omens
Rome

Period
1st century BCE
Roman Empire

Channel
Roman poets

Text
Propertius 2.27.1-4:
And do you mortals seek to know the funeral’s
Uncertain hour and the manner of death’s coming?
Do you seek in cloudless skies Phoenician inventions –
Stars favourable to man and stars malefic?

Source (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Propertius 2.27.1-4

Bibliography

Lee and Lyne 1994, 59

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

Amar Annus

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