L'Astrologie grecque

Originally published in 1899, this was the first modern work to consider astrology as a subject worthy of scholarly study.

Auguste Bouché-Leclercq (Author)

9781108071482, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 May 2014

688 pages, 45 b/w illus.
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm, 1 kg

The French historian Auguste Bouché-Leclercq (1842–1923) made major contributions to our knowledge of the Hellenistic period. A member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, he was also made an officer of the Légion d'Honneur. Bouché-Leclercq is also considered the first modern historian of astrology: he had developed a long-lasting interest in divination during his extensive researches on ancient Greek civilisation. This field had not been considered worthy of serious scholarly study until he published his Histoire de la divination dans l'antiquité between 1879 and 1882. L'Astrologie grecque, first published in 1899, is another important work, still referred to today. Bouché-Leclercq looks back to the oriental roots of Greek astrology. He delves into the specific influence of the zodiac signs, and explains how the celestial sphere was divided in order to draw horoscopes. Other topics include astrology in Roman culture, as well as astrological medicine.

Préface
Bibliographie et renseignments divers
1. Les précurseurs
2. L'astrologie chaldéenne
3. Les dogmes astrologiques
4. Les planètes et les types planétaires
5. La route des planètes ou zodiaque
6. Combinaisons des signes du zodiaque
7. Combinaisons des signes du zodiaque et des planètes
8. Rapports de position des planètes entre elles
9. Le zodiaque considéré comme circle de la géniture
10. Propriétés et patronages terrestres des astres
11. Apotélesmatique universelle
12. Apotélesmatique individuelle ou généthlialogie
13. Initiatives ou opportunités générales
14. Initiatives individuelles ou généthliaques
15. La médecine astrologique
16. L'astrologie dans le monde romain
Index analytique
Addenda et corrigenda.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 [HPCA]