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Chaldean theory of the moon (2)

Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Fire 02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs 02.02 Cosmic symbols and imagery 02.02.03 Fire Moon 02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs 02.01 Astral and celestial symbols and imagery 02.01.02 Moon	Keywords Berossus moon
Period 4th century CE Roman Empire	Channel Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars

Text
Aetius, De Placitis Reliquiae 2.25.12:
Berossus says that the moon is a sphere half consumed by fire.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Aetius, De Placitis Reliquiae 2.25.12

Bibliography

Verbrugghe and Wickersham 2000, 65

Verbrugghe, Gerald P. and John M. Wickersham. Berossos and Manetho. Introduced and Translated. Native Traditions in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press 2000.

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Amar Annus

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