Book ID: CBB613442268

The Daimon in Hellenistic Astrology: Origins and Influence (2016)

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Greenbaum, Dorian Gieseler (Author)


Brill


Publication Date: 2016
Physical Details: 573 pp.
Language: English

"In 'The daimon in Hellenistic astrology: origins and influence', Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum investigates for the first time the concept of the daimon (daemon, demon), normally confined to religion and philosophy, within the theory and practice of ancient western astrology (2nd century BCE-7th century CE). This multi-disciplinary study covers the daimon within astrology proper as well as the daimon and astrology in wider cultural practices including divination, Gnosticism, Mithraism and Neo-Platonism. It explores relationships between the daimon and fate and Daimon and Tyche (fortune or chance), and the doctrine of lots as exemplified in Plato's Myth of Er. In finding the impact of Egyptian and Mesopotamian ideas of fate on Hellenistic astrology, it critically examines astrology's perception as propounding an unalterable destiny."--Back cover

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Review Levente László (2018) Review of "The Daimon in Hellenistic Astrology: Origins and Influence". Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science (pp. 101-114). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Brown, David
Grothoff, Kyle
Fabiana Lopes da Silveira
Aralere, Tejas S.
Guichard, Luis Arturo
Hladký, Vojtech
Concepts
Astrology
Science and culture
Magic
Science and religion
Astronomy
Science and literature
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
Prehistory
Renaissance
Places
Hellenistic world
Rome (Italy)
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Middle and Near East
Mediterranean region
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