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Dorotheus of Sidon, who appears to have lived in Alexandria,
flourished in the first century AD. He wrote his Pentateuch (five
books) on astrology in Greek, in verse. This translation, from 1976
by David Pingree, is from a fourth century Pahlavi (Persian)
source. The first book is on the judgement of nativities. Book two
concerns marriage and children. Book three is on the length of
life. Book four is on the transfer of years, i.e., forecasting.
Book five is on interrogations, i.e., electional astrology. In this
book are the earliest known astrological charts. Dorotheus bases
much of his interpretative methods on the triplicity rulers, by day
and by night. All fire signs have the same rulers. All earth signs
have their rulers, as do air and water signs. He uses Egyptian
terms. He, like the Greeks of his day, also uses the Dodecatemoria,
which are the twelfths of a sign. And many, many lots, all defined.
For the first time in this edition: Pingree's Preface newly
translated. An appendix with charts in modern format. A complete
table of terms and triplicity rulers. A table to calculate
Dodecatemoria. Newly reset to match Pingree's original 1976
edition. Written a century before Ptolemy, here is the mainstream
of Greek astrology. It will handsomely repay study.
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