A History of Western Astrology, Volume I: The Ancient and Classical Worlds
Nicholas Campion. . Continuum, 2009.
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The standard single narrative survey. Volume I first appeared as The Dawn of Astrology, Hambledon Continuum, 2008. The subtitle is "The Ancient and Classical Worlds". It is widely miscited in the shortened form "The Ancient World".
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- Aries
- For the Greek ram overlay and the shape of the transmission.
- Capricorn
- For the Aigokeros transmission and the standard narrative history.
- Claudius Ptolemy
- For the standard narrative of his position in the classical world.
- First House
- For the place of the topical houses within the wider invention of horoscopic astrology.
- Gemini
- For the Greek naming of the twins and the shape of the transmission.
- Jupiter
- For the Greek descriptive epithet and the Akkadian names and deity.
- Libra
- For the standard narrative of the Chelae period and the Roman restoration of the Balance.
- Mars
- For the Greek descriptive epithet and the Akkadian name and deity.
- Mercury
- For the Greek descriptive epithet, the Akkadian name, and the shape of the transmission.
- Precession of the Equinoxes
- For the transmission of the tropical convention and the later debate over frames.
- Sagittarius
- For the Toxotes transmission and the standard narrative history.
- Saturn
- For the Greek and Akkadian planet names.
- Scorpio
- For the Chelae-to-Libra transmission and the standard narrative history.
- Taurus
- For the Greek mythological overlay and the shape of the transmission.
- Venus
- For the Greek morning- and evening-star epithets, the Akkadian name, and the shape of the transmission.
- Virgo
- For the Greek mythological overlay on Aries, the parallel case to Virgo's.