The Anthology of Vettius Valens is a second century Greek compendium of working Hellenistic astrological technique, the fullest surviving record of how astrologers of that period actually practiced their craft, publicly available in its Teubner edition. As a primary ancient text it sits at this atlas's top tier for documenting what Hellenistic astrology taught and how it was cast, not for whether any of it describes something real. It is strong evidence for the technical content of ancient practice. Its date is approximate, as is usual for ancient technical writing transmitted through later manuscript copies, and a claim about how a given technique changed after Valens needs a source tracing that later development.
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Citation
AuthorVettius Valens
PublisherB.G. Teubner
Publication Year175
URLhttps://archive.org/details/vettiivalentisan0000vett
Source Typeprimary-text
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
A second century Greek astrological compendium, a primary text and the fullest surviving record of working Hellenistic technique, cited as the tradition's own working manual from antiquity. NotesSecond-century Greek compendium, the fullest surviving record of working Hellenistic technique. Approximate date. Public domain.
Claims Backed By This Source (1,723 claims)
This source backs 1,723 claims across the atlas. As facts: 821 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 469 holds. Plus 431 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sabian Symbols, 1,350 claims: 630 well-attested, 360 holds, 360 general references.
- Egyptian Terms, 288 claims: 120 well-attested, 108 holds, 60 general references.
- Articles, 55 claims: 55 well-attested.
- Historical Figures, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
- Arabic Parts, 8 claims: 2 well-attested, 6 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
- Aspects, 2 claims: 2 general references.
- Disciplines, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Planets, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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821Showing 1 to 50 of 479 entities carrying this claim.
Holds
469Showing 401 to 421 of 421 entities carrying this claim.
General References
431Showing 1 to 50 of 431 entities carrying this claim.
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