Vettius Valens (120 – c. 175) was a 2nd-century Hellenistic astrologer, a somewhat younger contemporary of Claudius Ptolemy. Valens' major work is the...
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planet Saturn, which controlled the first hour of that day, according to Vettius Valens. The day's name was introduced into West Germanic languages and is recorded...
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Sudines (section Vettius Valens)
eclipses, with authors such as Vettius Valens claiming that he used Sudines to compute lunar eclipses. The "use" of Sudines in Valens' Anthologies suggests that...
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11-12. Project Hindsight, Greek Track, Vol 11: Vettius Valens - Anthology, Book IV, by Vettius Valens, trans. Robert Schmidt, ed. Robert Hand, Golden...
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Tyros, this system was first described by the 2nd-century astrologer Vettius Valens, in the 3rd book of his astrological compendium known as The Anthology...
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days of the week. The astrological order of the days was explained by Vettius Valens and Dio Cassius (and Chaucer gave the same explanation in his Treatise...
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pp. 91–92. Firmicus Maternus 5.2.4, 5.3.11 and 17, 5.6.8, 6.30.15; Vettius Valens 1.1, 2.16, 2.36 and 38, as cited and summarized in Younger, p. 20. Lucretius...
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Moon, whichever preceded the birth.) Some ancient authorities (viz. Vettius Valens) used slightly different chart positions to obtain the hyleg. The word...
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into Europe, and the Middle East. Additionally, some authors such as Vettius Valens and Paulus Alexandrinus took into account the Monomoiria, or individual...
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confirmation of the survival of the more obscure astrological techniques of Vettius Valens, the practicing astrologer whose tradition is somewhat at variance with...
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