α4257Ἀστρονομία
astronomy, astrology
[Meaning] the arrangement of the stars. Babylonians were the first to discover this through Zoroaster; and with them Ostanes. They established that [events] happen by a heavenly motion around those who are being born.…
Ἀστρονομία· ἡ τῶν ἄστρων διανομή. πρῶτοι Βαβυλώνιοι ταύτην ἐφεῦρον διὰ Ζωροάστρου· μεθ' ὧν καὶ Ὀστάνης· οἳ ἐπέστησαν τῇ οὐρανίᾳ κινήσει τὰ περὶ τοὺς τικτομένους συμβαίνειν· ἀφ' ὧν…
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