Carmen Astrologicum: The ʿUmar al-Tabarī Translation
Dorotheus of Sidon, trans. Benjamin N. Dykes. . Cazimi Press, 2019. Composed c. 75 CE.
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Second updated edition. A practitioner translation, cited alongside rather than instead of Pingree's 1976 Teubner critical edition. The Greek original is lost; the text survives through a Middle Persian intermediary into Arabic, which is itself part of why the Dorothean material needs careful reading.
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- Dorotheus of Sidon
- Every position in the ranking below, and the epithets for the individual places. Each was cited to book I in the house entry it came from before it was assembled here.
- Eastward Transmission of Hellenistic Astral Material
- The work at the far end of the chain, cited here for what it is rather than for its contents: a Greek text lost in Greek, surviving through a Middle Persian intermediary into Arabic.
- Eighth House
- For the eighth place, called the sign of death, grouped among those "not recognized as good."
- Eleventh House
- For the eleventh place, following the midheaven, ranked third of the twelve by strength.
- Fifth House
- For the fifth place, called the house of the child, ranked fourth of the twelve by strength.
- First House
- For the ranking of the twelve places by strength, in which the ascendant stands first.
- Fourth House
- For the fourth place, called the cardine of the earth, ranked sixth of the twelve by strength.
- House Division
- For the date and character of the earliest surviving Hellenistic handbook, which assumes whole sign houses.
- Leo
- The fire triplicity, ruled by the Sun in the daytime.
- Ninth House
- For the ninth place ranked seventh of the twelve by strength, the last of those Dorotheus counts as good.
- Second House
- For the second house's place among those "not recognized as good" in the ranking of the twelve.
- Seventh House
- For the seventh place, called the sign of marriage, ranked fifth of the twelve by strength.
- Sixth House
- For the sixth place ranked, with the twelfth, as the worst of the twelve by strength.
- Tenth House
- For the tenth place, the midheaven, ranked second of the twelve by strength.
- Third House
- For the third place as the Moon's joy and its place among those "not recognized as good."
- Twelfth House
- For the twelfth place ranked, with the sixth, as the worst of the twelve by strength.