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25: 157:, although this matter is disputed and it is possible that the Arabic translation was indeed done from an original Greek manuscript). The Arabic text, however, does contain interpolations by later Persian hands, but, nevertheless, remains one of our best sources for the practice of astrology during Hellenistic and Roman times , and it was a work of great influence on later 343:
Cottrell, EJ. Ross, MT. Persian astrology: Dorotheus and Zoroaster, according to the medieval Arabic Sources (8th-13th Century). Proceedings of the Eighth European Conference of Iranian Studies. The State Hermitage Publishers. Saint Petersburg.
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astrologers. The late 1st century, a time when Dorotheus is believed to have flourished, was a period of intense astrological development, following two millennia of accumulated tradition.
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Very little is known about Dorotheus himself. Dorotheus most likely lived and worked in
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and Egyptian astrological techniques were synthesized together in order to create
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Project Hindsight. (Golden Hind Press, Berkeley Springs, WV, 1996.) (Online at:
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Article on Dorotheus of Sidon's life, works, and legacy
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Carmen Astrologicum: The 'Umar Al-Tabari Translation
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