Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos
by Ptolemy
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The "Tetrabiblos" of the famous astronomer, astrologer, and geographer Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 100-178 CE) of Egypt consists of four books. The title given in some manuscripts meaning 'Mathematical Treatise in Four Books', in others 'The Prognostics addressed to Syrus'. The subject of the work is astrology, which in Ptolemy's time as down to the Renaissance was fused as a respectable science with astronomy.Translations and commentaries of the "Tetrabiblos" are few, and only three Greek texts had been printed (all in the 16th century) before the present text, begun by F. Boll and finished by Em...
Chapters (257)(click to expand)
- PTOLEMY’S TETRABIBLOS OR QUADRIPARTITE BEING FOUR BOOKS OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE STARS
- PREFACE
- BOOK THE FIRST
- CHAPTER I PROEM
- CHAPTER II KNOWLEDGE MAY BE ACQUIRED BY ASTRONOMY TO A CERTAIN EXTENT
- CHAPTER III THAT PRESCIENCE IS USEFUL
- CHAPTER IV THE INFLUENCES OF THE PLANETARY ORBS
- CHAPTER V BENEFICS AND MALEFICS
- CHAPTER VI MASCULINE AND FEMININE
- CHAPTER VII DIURNAL AND NOCTURNAL
- CHAPTER VIII THE INFLUENCE OF POSITION WITH REGARD TO THE SUN
- CHAPTER IX THE INFLUENCE OF THE FIXED STARS
- CHAPTER X CONSTELLATIONS NORTH OF THE ZODIAC
- CHAPTER XI CONSTELLATIONS SOUTH OF THE ZODIAC
- CHAPTER XII THE ANNUAL SEASONS
- CHAPTER XIII THE INFLUENCE OF THE FOUR ANGLES
- CHAPTER XIV TROPICAL, EQUINOCTIAL, FIXED, AND BICORPOREAL SIGNS
- CHAPTER XV MASCULINE AND FEMININE SIGNS
- CHAPTER XVI MUTUAL CONFIGURATIONS OF THE SIGNS
- CHAPTER XVII SIGNS COMMANDING AND OBEYING
- CHAPTER XVIII SIGNS BEHOLDING EACH OTHER, AND OF EQUAL POWER
- CHAPTER XIX SIGNS INCONJUNCT
- CHAPTER XX HOUSES OF THE PLANETS
- CHAPTER XXI THE TRIPLICITIES
- CHAPTER XXII EXALTATIONS
- CHAPTER XXIII THE DISPOSITION OF THE TERMS[54]
- CHAPTER XXIV THE TERMS ACCORDING TO PTOLEMY
- CHAPTER XXV THE PLACES AND DEGREES OF EVERY PLANET
- CHAPTER XXVI FACES, CHARIOTS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ATTRIBUTES OF THE PLANETS
- CHAPTER XXVII APPLICATION, SEPARATION, AND OTHER FACULTIES
- BOOK THE SECOND
- CHAPTER I GENERAL DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT
- CHAPTER II PECULIARITIES OBSERVABLE THROUGHOUT EVERY ENTIRE CLIMATE
- CHAPTER III THE FAMILIARITY OF THE REGIONS OF THE EARTH WITH THE TRIPLICITIES AND THE PLANETS
- CHAPTER IV THE FAMILIARITY OF THE REGIONS OF THE EARTH WITH THE FIXED STARS
- CHAPTER V MODE OF PARTICULAR PREDICTION IN ECLIPSES
- CHAPTER VI THE REGIONS OR COUNTRIES TO BE CONSIDERED AS LIABLE TO BE COMPREHENDED IN THE EVENT
- CHAPTER VII THE TIME AND PERIOD OF THE EVENT
- CHAPTER VIII THE GENUS, CLASS, OR KIND, LIABLE TO BE AFFECTED
- CHAPTER IX THE QUALITY AND NATURE OF THE EFFECT
- CHAPTER X COLOURS IN ECLIPSES; COMETS, AND SIMILAR PHENOMENA
- CHAPTER XI THE NEW MOON OF THE YEAR
- CHAPTER XII THE PARTICULAR NATURES OF THE SIGNS BY WHICH THE DIFFERENT CONSTITUTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE ARE PRODUCED[101]
- CHAPTER XIII MODE OF CONSIDERATION FOR PARTICULAR CONSTITUTIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
- CHAPTER XIV THE SIGNIFICATION OF METEORS
- BOOK THE THIRD
- CHAPTER I PROEM
- CHAPTER II THE CONCEPTION AND THE PARTURITION, OR BIRTH; BY WHICH LATTER EVENT THE ANIMAL QUITS THE WOMB, AND ASSUMES ANOTHER STATE OF EXISTENCE
- CHAPTER III THE DEGREE ASCENDING
- CHAPTER IV DISTRIBUTION OF THE DOCTRINE OF NATIVITIES
- CHAPTER V THE PARENTS
- CHAPTER VI BROTHERS AND SISTERS
- CHAPTER VII MALE OR FEMALE
- CHAPTER VIII TWINS
- CHAPTER IX MONSTROUS OR DEFECTIVE BIRTHS
- CHAPTER X CHILDREN NOT REARED
- CHAPTER XI THE DURATION OF LIFE
- CHAPTER XII THE PROROGATORY PLACES
- CHAPTER XIII THE NUMBER OF PROROGATORS, AND ALSO THE PART OF FORTUNE
- CHAPTER XIV NUMBER OF THE MODES OF PROROGATION
- CHAPTER XV EXEMPLIFICATION
- CHAPTER XVI THE FORM AND TEMPERAMENT OF THE BODY
- CHAPTER XVII THE HURTS, INJURIES, AND DISEASES OF THE BODY
- CHAPTER XVIII THE QUALITY OF THE MIND
- CHAPTER XIX THE DISEASES OF THE MIND
- BOOK THE FOURTH
- CHAPTER I PROEM
- CHAPTER II THE FORTUNE OF WEALTH
- CHAPTER III THE FORTUNE OF RANK
- CHAPTER IV THE QUALITY OF EMPLOYMENT
- CHAPTER V MARRIAGE
- CHAPTER VI CHILDREN
- CHAPTER VII FRIENDS AND ENEMIES
- CHAPTER VIII TRAVELLING
- CHAPTER IX THE KIND OF DEATH
- CHAPTER X THE PERIODICAL DIVISIONS OF TIME
- APPENDIX
- NO. I ALMAGEST; BOOK VIII, CHAP. IV
- NO. II ALMAGEST; BOOK II. EXTRACT FROM CHAP. IX
- NO. III THE CENTILOQUY, OR HUNDRED APHORISMS OF CLAUDIUS PTOLEMY[294]; OTHERWISE CALLED, THE FRUIT OF HIS FOUR BOOKS
- NO. IV THE ZODIACAL PLANISPHERE
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