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- Author
- Ptolemy
- First published
- 1484
- Editions
- 15
- Subjects
- Astrology, Astronomy, Early works to 1800, Greek Astrology, Greek Astronomy, Greek language materials, Literary form
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Tetrabiblos (Quadripartitum)
- Book.title_orig
- Apotelesmatika
- Book.image
- Quadritpartitum.jpg
- Book.caption
- Opening page of Tetrabiblos: 15th-century Latin printed edition of the 12th-century translation of Plato of Tivoli; published in Venice by Erhard Ratdolt, 1484.
- Book.author
- Claudius Ptolemy
- Book.subject
- Astrology
- Book.pub_date
- 2nd century
- Book.language
- Greek
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- Quadripartitium
- title
- Τετράβιβλος
- language of work or name
- Ancient Greek
- copyright status
- public domain
- inception
- 0200-00-00
- entry in abbreviations table
- Ptol.
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- Overview and influence
- Title and date of composition
- Book I: principles and techniques
- Opening chapters
- Ptolemy's philosophical arguments
- Argument on whether astrology is natural and useful
- Introduction of principles
- Book II: Mundane astrology
- Use of eclipses
- Book III: Individual horoscopes (genetic influences and predispositions)
- Book IV: Individual horoscopes (external accidentals)
- Criticism
- Editions and translations
- Arabic translations
- Paraphrase based editions
- Greek manuscripts
- Associated texts
- Commentary
- Centiloquium
- See also
- Footnotes
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Quadripartitum, 1622
Tetrabiblos (, ), also known as Apotelesmatiká (, ) and in Latin as Quadripartitum (), is a text on the philosophy and practice of astrology, written by the Alexandrian scholar Claudius Ptolemy in Koine Greek during the 2nd century CE
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tetrabiblos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.