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Chaldean theory of the moon (3)

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

Text
Aetius, De Placitis Reliquiae 2.28.1:
Anaximander, Xenophanes and Berossus say the moon has its own light.

Source (list of abbreviations)
Aetius, De Placitis Reliquiae 2.28.1

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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Cf. Chaldean theory of the moon (1)
Cf. Chaldean theory of the moon (2)
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Cf. Chaldean theory of the moon (5)
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Cf. Chaldean theory of the sky (1)
Cf. Chaldean theory of the sky (2)

Amar Annus

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