Talk:Hellenistic astrology
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Does the article require cleanup? (In the direction of ==Endnotes==?)10011010009:03, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
While the information is somewhat different, it seems like these two pages are actually describing the same thing.
This article does not mentionMarcus Manilius,Claudius Ptolemy, orJulius Firmicus Maternus, who wrote important astrological texts that have survived. It is possible that all three are considered to have lived after the end of the Hellenistic period. Manilius was know to have been a Stoic, and when I get some time I will add some information to the article about the importance of astrology to the Stoic school of philosophy.Malcolm Schosha (talk)12:28, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The development of Hellenistic astrology into a kind of fatalistic pseudo-religion should be mentioned....AnonMoos (talk)23:08, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I propose thatAstrology in Hellenistic Egypt be merged intoHellenistic astrology. A proposal tag was already put on that page in January 2011, but never discussed or completed. I think that the content in the Astrology in Hellenistic Egypt article can easily be explained in the context of Hellenistic astrology, and the Hellenistic astrology article is of a reasonable size in which the merging of Astrology in Hellenistic Egypt will not cause any problems as far as article size or undue weight is concerned.MakeSense64 (talk)11:25, 4 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
In the 'Astrology in Rome' section a quotation is given from Juvenal: 'there are people who cannot appear in public, dine or bathe, without having first consulted an ephemeris'. First, it's annoying that no citation is provided. Second, this is apparently not a quote at all, but a paraphrase of *Satires* VI.569–584:Remember always to avoid encountering the kind of womanWith a dog-eared almanac [ephemeris] in her hands, as if it were an amberWorry-bead, who no longer seeks consultations but gives them,Who won’t follow her husband to camp, or back home again,If Thrasyllus the astrologer’s calculations advise against it.When she wishes to take a ride to the first milestone, she’ll findThe best time to travel in her book; if her eye-corner itchesWhen rubbed, she checks her horoscope before seeking relief;If she’s lying in bed ill, the hour appropriate for taking food,It seems, must be one prescribed by that Egyptian, Petosiris.82.13.83.51 (talk)19:02, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
