The Shelves · Epic and hexameter poetry
Apotelesmatica
Ἀποτελεσματικά
Conjecturedin Alexandria?Conjectured · Our reconstructionour placement
◇ Doubted: pseudonymous. A composite hexameter poem in six books, attributed to the priest Manetho.
I · The entry, in his form
In the table of Epic and hexameter poetry: “didactic”
Conjectured · Our reconstructionour placementPseudo-Manetho
Apotelesmatica
Ἀποτελεσματικά
Opening words not preserved.
Length: not counted
◇ Doubted: pseudonymous. A composite hexameter poem in six books, attributed to the priest Manetho.
Above, his entry form, filled from what we know. Below, ours.
II · Does it survive? Where to read it
Survives whole
Was it in Alexandria?
ConjecturedOf the Egyptian milieu.
On the ledge: written in Egypt or in a tradition the city shaped; not known in the Library.
Read it today
- Greek text (Scaife Viewer) · the original · link checked 31 Oct 2026
III · In the show
- The Thema Mundi and Planetary Rulerships, episode 36, at 49 secondsTranscriptThe Thema Mundi and planetary rulerships (station 2 of Astrology and Cosmic Order).Known: probable
- Chaldean Order, Luminaries, and Planetary Houses, episode 36, at 7 minutes 14 secondsTranscriptThe Chaldean order, the luminaries and the planetary houses.Known: probable
- Priest-Astronomers & Early Astrology, episode 20, at 14 minutes 11 secondsTranscriptPriest-astronomers and early astrology (station 1 of Astrology and Cosmic Order).Known: probable
+ 15 more
- Theurgic Astrology & Natal Charts, episode 22, at 58 minutes 44 secondsTranscriptTheurgic astrology.Known: probable
- The Thema Mundi and Planetary Rulerships, episode 36, at 1 minute 28 secondsTranscript“much like Vidius Valins and those early kind of Greco Roman Egyptian”'Vidius Valins' is Vettius Valens, whose Anthology leans on Egyptian authorities.Known: probable
- Hellenistic Roots of Western Esotericism, episode 24, at 1 hour 4 minutes 40 secondsTranscript“his book, Henistic Astrology, I think came out in 2017”Chris Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology (2017).Known: probable
- Path: Astrology and Cosmic Order, station 1Start with the priest-astronomers.Known: probable
- Path: Astrology and Cosmic Order, station 2Draw the birth chart of the world.Known: probable
- Path: Astrology and Cosmic Order, station 5Use the chart as a map.Known: probable
- Astrology · Chronology: The Hellenistic synthesisThe Hellenistic synthesis.Known: probable
- Astrology · Chronology: Ptolemy's TetrabiblosPtolemy's Tetrabiblos.Known: probable
- Astrology · The Atlas: houses, aspects, dignitiesKnown: probable
- Decan Calculator'Egyptian in origin… Hellenistic and later Arabic astrology absorbed the scheme.'Known: probable
- Planetary Day'The seven-day week of planetary days is Hellenistic'; Cassius Dio 37.18–19.Known: probable
- Planetary HoursSeasonal hours and the Chaldean order.Known: probable
- Zodiacal HoursPtolemy, Almagest II.Known: probable
- Fixed StarsPtolemy, Tetrabiblos I.9.Known: probable
IV · Sources and the living entry
Ancient references
- Pseudo-Manetho, Apotelesmatica (the poet's own nativity of 80 CE)
Modern scholarship
- J. L. Lightfoot, The Pseudo-Manethoniana: Text, Translation and Commentary (Oxford, 2020)
Entry checked 31 Oct 2026 · no corrections · Suggest a correction ›
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