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Babylonian wisdom: Gellius on Favorinus’ speech against Chaldean astrology (mid-second century CE)
Ancient authors: Favorinus’ speech as summarized by Aulus Gellius (mid-second century CE), Attic Nights 14.1 (link). Comments: In these notes about a speech by Favorinus, Aulus Gellius affirms a critique of Chaldean forms of divination with respect to celestial phenomena. Even a source aimed at critiquing Babylonian or Chaldean practices of astrology points to the […]
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