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Ancient astronomy meets astrology: unlock your future, written in the stars.
Tetrabiblos
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496 pages
- Release Date
31 December 1939
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Summary
Unveiling the Secrets of the Stars: Ptolemy’s Tetrabiblos
The Tetrabiblos by Claudius Ptolemaeus (ca. 100–178 CE) is a treatise in four books. The title, as found in some manuscripts, translates to ‘Mathematical Treatise in Four Books’, while others read ‘The Prognostics addressed to Syrus’.
This work delves into the realm of astrology, a discipline that, in Ptolemy’s era and extending into the Renaissance, was regarded as a legitimate science intertwined with astro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674994799 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674994795 |
| Series: | Loeb Classical Library |
| Author: | Ptolemy, F.E. Robbins |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | LOEB |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 31 December 1939 |
| Weight: | 362g |
| Dimensions: | 35mm x 171mm x 116mm |
About The Author
Ptolemy
Frank Egleston Robbins (1884–1963) was Professor of Greek at the University of Michigan.
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