Lucian, De astrologia, ed. Austin Morris Harmon, 1

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[1] Ἀμφί τε οὐρανοῦ ἀμφί τε ἀστέρων ἡ γραφή, οὐκ αὐτῶν ἀστέρων οὐδʼ αὐτοῦ πέρι οὐρανοῦ, ἀλλὰ μαντείης καὶ ἀληθείης, ἣ δὴ ἐκ τουτέων ἐς ἀνθρώπων βίον ἔρχεται. ὁ δέ μοι λόγος οὐκ ὑποθημοσύνην ἔχει οὐδὲ διδασκαλίην ἐπαγγέλλεται ὅκως ταύτην τὴν μαντοσύνην διενεκτέον, ἀλλὰ μέμφομαι ὁκόσοι σοφοὶ ἐόντες τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἐπασκέουσι καὶ παισὶ¹ τοῖς ἑωυτῶν ἀπηγέονται, μούνην δὲ ἀστρολογίην οὔτε τιμέουσιν οὔτε ἐπασκέουσιν.

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Περὶ τῆς Ἀστρολογίας (Greek) (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).)

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Astrology Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 5. Harmon, Austin Morris, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1936 (printing).) — 1 focus

[1] This treatise concerneth heaven and the stars, yet not the stars themselves nor heaven itself, but the auspiciall verity that from them assuredly entereth into the life of man. My discourse containeth not counsell, nor proffereth instruction how to ply this auspiciall art, but my aim is to chide those learned men who cultivate and expose unto their disciples all other studies, but neither esteem nor cultivate astrology.

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Περὶ τῆς Ἀστρολογίας

1. παισὶ du Soul: πᾶσι MSS.

Lucian De astrologia 1

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