The Shelves · Mathematics (incl. astronomy)
Anthology
Ἀνθολογίαι
Known · Probablein Alexandria?Conjectured · Our reconstructionour placement
◇ Doubted: where it was written is uncertain.
I · The entry, in his form
In the table of Mathematics (incl. astronomy)
Conjectured · Our reconstructionour placementVettius Valens of Antioch
Anthology
Ἀνθολογίαι
Opening words not preserved.
Length: not counted
◇ Doubted: where it was written is uncertain.
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?
Known · ProbableProbably held in the Library.
In the cupboard: no source names the Alexandrian copy, but its scholars' use of it makes one very likely.
Read it today
Greek text in Pingree (1986). An English translation by Mark T. Riley has been distributed free by the translator; link it only from the translator's own page.
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
- Vettius Valens, Anthology (the oath to readers; the dated charts)
Modern scholarship (2)
- D. Pingree (ed.), Vettii Valentis Antiocheni Anthologiarum libri novem (Leipzig: Teubner, 1986).
- T. Barton, Ancient Astrology (London: Routledge, 1994).
Entry checked 31 Oct 2026 · no corrections · Suggest a correction ›
ΑΝΘΟΛΟΓΙΑΙ