Pseudo-Manetho, Apotelesmatica. Books two, three, and six / edited with introduction, translation, and commentary, J.L. Lightfoot.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lightfoot, J. L., editor, translator.

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Astrology--Poetry--Early works to 1800.

Astrology.

Pseudo-Manethonis Apotelesmatica.

Genre:

Bilingual books.

Poetry.

Commentaries.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 995 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Apotelesmatica

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

Language Note:

Greek text with English translation; introduction and commentary in English.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE ASTROLOGY

1. Introduction: All the World's a Stage

2. Ars Divina

3. Human Science

4. The Manethoniana

5. Ps.-Manetho Books 2, 3, 6, and their Comparanda

The Comparanda

The Relationship between Ma and the Comparanda

The relationship between Ma and `Par. Anub.'

Remarks on Method

Streamlining

Treatment of detail

Condensation

Conclusions

pt. TWO POETICS

1. Orthographica, Phonologica, Morphologica

Orthographica

Accentuation

Articulation

Aspiration

Diphthongs

Remedies for lengthened short vowels in final syllables

Varia

Phonologica

α/η

ρρ/ρσ

ττ/σσ

Contraction

Vowel quantities

Morphologica

Stem

Ending

Conclusion

Word-Formation

2. Syntax

Particles

Definite Article

Pronouns

Adjectives

Prepositions

`Aπo'

`Eν'

Es (temporal)

Expressions for `with'

Nouns and pronouns placed before their governing preposition

Tmesis

Verbs

Conditional and temporal clauses

Indirect questions

Relative clauses

Final clauses

Causal clauses

`Before' and `until'

Summary

3. Poetic Diction

Early Greek Hexameter Poetry

Note on tragedy, lyric, and elegy

Hellenistic Poetry

4. Techniques of Adaptation

On Creating an Astrological Vocabulary ...

... And on Using It

5. Information

Structure and Segmentation

Connections

Word-Order

Book 2

Book 3

Book 6

In sum: information density

Narrator and Addressee

6. Style

Protasis and Apodosis

Filling the Line with Content

Particularisations

Miscellanea

7. Metre

Outer Metric

Schemes

Numbers

Inner Metric

Caesuras

Word-break and the second foot

Bulloch's Law

Hermann's Bridge

Tiedke's Law

Tetracola

Final monosyllables

Prosody

Muta cum liquida/Attic correption

Hiatus

Crasis and synizesis

Elision

Lengthening

pt. THREE THE WORLD OF ASTROLOGY

1. Introduction

2. The Self

3. Class and Status

4. Social Groups

5. The Family

6. Ethics

Virtue

Honour

Amiability

Other virtues

Vice

7. Money

8. Professions, Professionals

A. Letters

B. Technical Expertise

C. Money

D. Law

E. Religion

F. Crafts

G. Performing Arts

H. The Rest

9. The Body

The Person under Scrutiny

The Sick Body

The Sick Mind

10. Conclusions: The Stars and the Emotions

pt. FOUR TEXT

1. The Manuscript (Laur. Plut. 28.27)

The Collectio Philosophica

Palaeographical Description; Later Corrections

Organisation of the text

Scholia and glosses

Textual criticism

Marginal signs

Orthography

Humanist Copies

2. The Edition

Dialect

Syntax

Apparatus

Note on the Translation

3. Sigla

4. Text and Translation

pt. FIVE COMMENTARY

Book Two

2.1

140. Circles

2.141

9. Transition

2.150

398. Toπικαι Διακρισεισ

2.399

438. Planets with the Sun

2.438

502. Synaphai and Aporrhoiai of the Moon

Book Three

3.1

7. Proem

3.8

131. Planets in the Kentra

3.132

226. Planets in Opposition across the Kentra

3.227

362. Aspects

3.363

98. Luminaries and Gender

3.399

428. On the Length of Life

Book Six

Sample Charts

Table of Correspondences

6.1

18. Introduction

6.19

112. Nurture

6.113

223. Marriage

6.224

306. Children

6.307

39. Siblings

6.339

543. Technai

6.544

631. Harms

6.632

84. Loss of Wealth

6.684

731. Birth of Slaves

6.732

7. Recusatio

6.738

50. Sphragis: Horoscope

APPENDICES

Appendix 1 Technical Vocabulary

Divisions of the heavens

Individual kentra

Behind and before

Aspect

Witness

Regard

Types of aspect

Planets

The Moon

Note on Motion

Appendix 2 Planetary Names and Epithets

Types of name

The use of epithets

The planets' epithets: semantic range and sources

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Contains:

Container of: Pseudo-Manethonis Apotelesmatica. Book 2-3. English (Lightfoot)

Container of: Pseudo-Manethonis Apotelesmatica. Book 2-3. Greek (Lightfoot)

Container of: Pseudo-Manethonis Apotelesmatica. Book 6. English (Lightfoot)

Container of: Pseudo-Manethonis Apotelesmatica. Book 6. Greek (Lightfoot)

ISBN:

9780198858782

0198858787

OCLC:

1225897622

Publisher Number:

99990323012