17. Vettius Valens, V, 12 (_Cat. codd. astr._, V, 2, p. 32 = p. 239, 8,
Kroll ed.); cf. V, 9 (_Cat._, V, 2, p. 31, 20 = p. 222, 11 Kroll ed.).
18. Cf. Steph. Byz., _Cat. codd. astr._, II, p. 186. He calls both [Greek:
stochasmos entechnos]. The expression is taken up again by Manuel Comnenus
(_Cat._, V, 1, p. 123, 4), and by the Arab Abou-Mashar [Apomasar] (_Cat._,
V, 2, p. 153).
19. The sacerdotal origin of astrology was well known to the ancients; see
Manilius, I, 40 ff.
20. Thus in the chapter on the fixed stars which passed down to Theophilus
of Edessa and a Byzantine of the ninth century, from a pagan author who
wrote at Rome in 379; cf. _Cat. codd. astrol._, V, 1, pp. 212, 218.--The
same observation has been made in the manuscripts of the Cyranides, cf. F.
de Mély and Ruelle, _Lapidaires grecs_, II, p. xi. n. 3.--See also _Mon.
myst. Mithra_, I, pp. 31 ff.; Boll, _Die Erforsch. der antiken Astrologie_,
pp. 110 ff.
21. In Vettius Valens, III, 12 (p. 150, 12 Kroll ed.) and IX, prooem. (p.
329, 20); cf. VI, prooem. (p. 241, 16); Riess, _Petosiridis et Necheps.
fragm._, fr. 1.
22. Vettius Valens, IV, 11 (_Cat. codd, astr._, V, 2, p. 86 = p. 172, 31
ff., Kroll ed.), cf. V, 12, (_Cat._, _ibid._, p. 32 = p. 238, 18 ff.), VII
prooem. (_Cat._, p. 41 = p. 263, l. 4, Kroll ed. and the note). {273}
23. Firmicus Maternus, II, 30, VIII, prooem. and 5. Cf. Theophilus of
Edessa, _Cat._, V, 1, p. 238, 25; Julian of Laod., _Cat._, IV, p. 104, 4.