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Hippolytus
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Introductory Notice to Hippolytus.
[153] Horoscope (from ὥρα σκοπός) is the act of observing the aspect of the heavens at the moment of any particular birth. Hereby the astrologer alleged his ability of foretelling the future career of the person so born. The most important part of the sky for the astrologer’s consideration was that sign of the Zodiac which rose above the horizon at the moment of parturition. This was the “horoscope ascendant,” or “first house.” The circuit of the heavens was divided into twelve “houses,” or zodiacal signs.
[154] Or, “difference.”
[155] Or, “during.”
[156] ἀποτέξεως; some would read ἀποτάξεως.
[157] The passage is given more explicitly in Sextus Empiricus. (See Adversus Astrol., v. 53.)
[158] Sextus uses almost these words.
[159] Or “lodgment” (Sextus), or “deposition.”
[160] Or, “attendants of physicians.”
[161] Or, “make.”
[162] Or, “vanishes.”
[163] Not in Sextus Empiricus.
[164] The passage is more clearly given in Sextus.
[165] Or, “the cold atmosphere.”
[166] Or, “manifestation.”
[167] Or, “manifestation.”
[168] Or, “reasonable.”
[169] Or, “but the motion…is whirled on with velocity.”
[170] This rendering of the passage may be deduced from Sextus Empiricus.
[171] The text is corrupt, but the above seems probably the meaning, and agrees with the rendering of Schneidewin and Cruice.
[172] Or, “view.”
[173] The clepsydra, an instrument for measuring duration, was, with the sun-dial, invented by the Egyptians under the Ptolemies. It was employed not only for the measurement of time, but for making astronomic calculations. Water, as the name imports, was the fluid employed, though mercury has been likewise used. The inherent defect of an instrument of this description is mentioned by Hippolytus.
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