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The eclipse of the moon in Leo (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Moon Omens 05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore 05.02 Omen interpretation 05.02.01 Celestial omens (Enūma Anu Enlil) 05.02.01.01 Moon Omens	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, 398

Wardle, 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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