Rhetorius

Ancient Greek astrologer

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Also known as Rhetorios

Citizenship: Byzantine Empire
Occupation: astrologer
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Languages spoken, written or signed: Ancient Greek

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Rhetorius of Egypt was the last major classical astrologer from whom we have any excerpts. He lived in the sixth or early seventh century, in the early Byzantine era. He wrote an extensive compendium in Greek of the techniques of the Hellenistic astrologers who preceded him, and is one of our best sources for the work of Antiochus of Athens. Although no intact original manuscript survives of his work, we do have several late Byzantine versions of it.

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Sex or gender: male
Birth name: Ῥητόριος
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
Writing language: Ancient Greek
Field of work: astrology

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