Dorotheus of Sidon
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- tlg1337
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.532
- Tlg id:
- tlg1337
- Alt id:
- LCCN nr 94028610
- Name:
- Dorotheus of Sidon
- Abbr:
- Doroth.
- Alt names:
- Δωρόθεος
Dorotheus, Sidonius
Doroteo, di Sidone
Dorothée , de Sidon
Dorotheos, von Sidon
Dorotheus, Astrologus
Doroth.
- Field of activity:
- Astrologist
- Notes:
- Dorothei Sidonii Carmen astrologicum ... 1976
Oxford classical dictionary, 1970: p. 363 (Dorotheus of Sidon
1st or
beginning of 2nd c. A.D. astrological poet)
RLIN, 8/29/94 (hdg.: Dorotheus, of Sidon)
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 145
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 1,
1867, p. 1068: "Dorotheus of Sidon, was the author of astrological poems..of which a few
fragments are still extant..Manilius among the Romans, and several Arab writers on astrology,
have made considerable use of these Apostelemata..."
Brill's New Pauly: "Dorotheus, of Sidon, .... Author of an astrological
didactic poem in five books (1st cent. AD) that was used by Firmicus Maternus. Only a few
hexameters and parts of a prose version are extant. An expanded Arabian translation points to
an intensive use of this poem by Islamic astronomers." Rist, Josef (Würzburg). Dorotheus."
Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider . Brill,
2009
- Author info:
- Wikipedia
- Smith's Dictionary
Works Currently Cataloged
Fragmenta e Hephaestionis Ἀποτελεσματικῶν libris hausta
