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Hellenistic Track Translations

Antiochus of Athens: The Thesaurus

(Greek Track Volume II-B)

Table of Contents

Introduction by Robert Hand .................................................................................................. iv

Introduction by Robert Schmidt .............................................................................................. vi
          General Note ............................................................................................................... viii

Explanation and Statement of the Whole Astronomical Art
From the Thesaurus of Antiochus of Athens ............................................................................ 1
          Part I ............................................................................................................................. 1
                    Prooemium .......................................................................................................... 1
                    1. Concerning the Masculine and Feminine zoidia and the Places and Stars
                              that Become Masculine and Feminine ....................................................... 3
                    2. Concerning the Sect of the Stars .................................................................... 5
                    3. Concerning the Mixture of the 12 Zoidia.......................................................... 6
                    4. Concerning zoidia which Are Rough, Dull-white, Itch-causing, or Eruptive....... 7
                    5. Concerning the Licentious Zoidia..................................................................... 7
                    6. Concerning zoidia which Are Harmful to the Eyes............................................ 7
                    7. Concerning Exaltations and Depressions......................................................... 7
                    8. Concerning the Contrarieties of the Stars........................................................ 9
                    9. Concerning the Sect of the Trigonal Masters.................................................. 10
                    10. Concerning the 36 Decans and the Stars Co-rising with Them and
                              the Faces.................................................................................................. 11
                    11. Concerning the Non-wandering Bright Stars and the Powers of
                              those that Co-rise.................................................................................... 14
                    12. Concerning the Boundaries according to the Egyptians and according
                              to Ptolemy, and of the Bright and Shadowed Degrees ........................... 15
                    13. Concerning the Ascensions of the 7 Zones ................................................. 16
                    14. Concerning the Assignment of Body Parts of the zoidia .............................. 16
                    15. Concerning Triangles, Squares, [Hexagons],and Diameters, and
                              Those Which Have an Unconnected Relationship to Each Other
                              After the Pattern of Diameters ................................................................ 17
                   16. Concerning Unconnected zoidia and Those Having Sympathy for
                              One Another............................................................................................ 19
                    17. Concerning Sympathetic and Unsympathetic Squares................................. 20
                    18. Concerning the Twelfth Parts of the Stars................................................... 20
                    19. Concerning zoidia that Hear and See One Another..................................... 21
                    20. Concerning Looking Ahead.......................................................................... 21
                    21. Concerning the Hurling of Rays................................................................... 22
                    22. Concerning Right and Left Sides.................................................................. 22
                    23. Concerning the Spear-bearing of the Stars................................................. 23
                    24. Concerning Spear-bearing out of Sect......................................................... 23
                    25. Concerning Harmony.................................................................................... 24
                    26. Concerning Position upon the Tenth Place................................................... 24
                    27. Concerning Affliction and Places in which No Dealings Are Made ................. 24
                    28. Concerning Places for Having Dealings ........................................................ 25
                    29. Concerning Being in its Proper Face ............................................................ 25
                    30. Concerning Participation .............................................................................. 26
                    31. Concerning Counter-resolution .................................................................... 26
                    32. Concerning Reciprocal Mastership ................................................................ 26
                    33. Concerning the Ruler .................................................................................... 27
                    34. Concerning Contact ...................................................................................... 27
                    35. Concerning Application ................................................................................. 27
                    36. Concerning Intervention ............................................................................... 27
                    37. Concerning Surpassing ................................................................................. 28
                    38. Concerning the Bond .................................................................................... 28
                    39. Concerning Void-Coursing ............................................................................ 28
                    40. Concerning Juxtaposition ............................................................................. 29
                    41. Concerning Containment .............................................................................. 29
                    42. Concerning the Stars in Power ..................................................................... 30
                    43. Concerning Chariots ..................................................................................... 31
                    44. Concerning how the Stars Rejoice ................................................................ 31
                    45. Concerning Stars under the Beams .......... ................................................... 32
                    46. Concerning the Years of the Centers and Post-ascensions and Declines ..... 32
                    47. Concerning the Signification of the Lots ....................................................... 33
                    48. The Effects of These [Lots] ........................................................................... 34
                    49. Concerning the Final and Least Years .......................................................... 37
                    50. How One Should Learn the Additions of the zoidia and the
                              Hours of the Zones ................................................................................... 37
                    51. Concerning the Greatest and Final Years of the Recurrences of
                              the Seven Stars ........................................................................................ 38
                    52. Concerning Stars Unconnected to the Lights ................................................ 38
                    53. Effects of the Spear-bearers of the Sun ........................................................ 39
          Part 11 .......................................................................................................................... 40
                    1. Concerning the Applications of the Moon to the Seven Wandering Stars ....... 40
                    2. Concerning the Harmful Degrees of the Zoidia ............................................... 44
                    3. Concerning Injuries, Baldness, Gout, Madness, Licentiousness,
                              and other Passions .................................................................................. 45
                    4. Concerning the Star Going About and the One Executing .............................. 47
                    5. Particulars Concerning the Moon 48
                    6. Concerning the Decans that Cause Licentiousness ....................................... 49
                    7. Concerning the Calends ................................................................................. 50
                    8. Concerning the 7 Wandering Stars in Summary ............................................. 51
                    9. Canon of the 4 Winds and the 24 Steps ........................................................ 53

Appendix - Translation Conventions ...................................................................................... 54

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