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Chaldean theory of planets (1)

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 		Keywords
astrology
Mesopotamia
omens
planets
Period
1st century BCE
Roman Empire 		Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Diodorus Siculus 2.31.1-3:
Each of the planets, according to them, has its own particular course, and its velocities and periods of time are subject to change and variation. These planets it is which exert the greatest influence for both good and evil upon the nativity of men; and it is chiefly from the nature of these planets and the study of them that they know what is in store for mankind. And they have made predictions, they say, not only to numerous other kings, but also to Alexander, who defeated Darius, and to Antigonus and Seleucus Nicator who afterwards became kings, and in all their prophecies they are thought to have hit the truth. … Moreover, they also foretell to men in private station what will befall them, and with such accuracy that those who have made trial of them marvel at the feat and believe that it transcends the power of man.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Diodorus Siculus 2.31.1-3

Bibliography

Oldfather 1960, I 452-453Oldfather, C. H. Diodorus of Sicily. 12 Vols. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, London: Heinemann 1960.

Links (external links will open in a new browser window)
Cf. Chaldean theory of dangerous periods (1)
Cf. Chaldean theory of the moon (1)
Cf. Chaldean theory of the moon (2)
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 the sky (1)
Cf. Chaldean theory of the sky (2)

Amar Annus


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