A Brief History of Ancient Astrology
Roger Beck. . Oxford: Blackwell, 2007.
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The best short technical introduction to the Hellenistic system.
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- Claudius Ptolemy
- For the second-century Alexandrian setting and the shape of the technical corpus.
- Dorotheus of Sidon
- For the first-century Hellenistic setting.
- First House
- For the Hellenistic origin of the topical-places doctrine as a whole.
- Fourth House
- For the standard scholarly description of parents and the end of a matter as the fourth topical place's Hellenistic subject.
- Second House
- For the standard scholarly description of livelihood as the second topical place's Hellenistic subject.
- Sixth House
- For the standard scholarly description of sickness and servants as the sixth topical place's Hellenistic subject.
- Third House
- For the standard scholarly description of siblings as the third topical place's Hellenistic subject.