⚠Page shows signs of foxing and minor ink staining throughout. A handwritten numerical annotation is visible in the bottom right corner.

JOHN LAURENCE

THE LYDIAN FROM PHILADELPHIA original: "Philadelpheōs Lydou"

ON THE MONTHS. original: "Peri Mēnōn"

JOHN LAURENCE

THE LYDIAN FROM PHILADELPHIA

ON THE MONTHS

EXTANT EXCERPTS.

THE TEXT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND CORRECTED, CONVERTED FROM GREEK INTO LATIN

This edition was created for 19th-century scholars, providing the original Greek alongside a Latin translation.

AND PROVIDED WITH A CONTINUOUS COMMENTARY BY THE EDITOR HIMSELF, AS WELL AS BY NIELS SCHOW,

KARL BENEDICT HASE AND FRIEDRICH CREUZER

AND OTHERS, WITH A VERY EXTENSIVE INDEX ADDED

WILLIAM ROETHER,

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND MASTER OF LIBERAL ARTS, FORMERLY A PROFESSOR AT THE GYMNASIUM OF HEIDELBERG,

NOW A MINISTER OF THE DIVINE WORD AT MOSBACH.

A small decorative emblem or printer's mark on the left side of the page depicting a crowned cross with a central medallion, resembling an order of chivalry or a royal crest.

INCLUDING

HERMES TRISMEGISTUS’S

ON THE JUICES OF HERBS original: "Peri Botanōn Chylōseōs." Hermes Trismegistus is a legendary Hellenistic figure associated with alchemy and magic.

SHORT BOOK

AND

VETTIUS VALENS OF ANTIOCH’S

FRAGMENT OF THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ANTHOLOGIES. Vettius Valens was a 2nd-century astrologer; his "Anthologies" is a major source for ancient astrological practice.

LEIPZIG AND DARMSTADT

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY KARL WILHELM LESKE

1827.

Handwritten ink mark in the bottom right corner, possibly a shelf mark or accession number. 480 P