Epigenes of Byzantium
id:
epigenes-of-byzantium-236-11873409
title:
Epigenes of Byzantium
text:
Epigenes of Byzantium was a Greek astrologer. He seems to have been an earlier supporter of astrology, which, though derided by many Greek intellectuals, came to be accepted after Alexander the Great conquered major parts of the Near East. The sources for the life of Epigenes are Seneca the Younger, Pliny the Elder, and Censorinus. Epigenes' claims to have been educated by the Chaldeans comes from the writings of Seneca. Pliny the Elder writes that Epigenes attests to the fact that the Chaldeans
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
3rd-century BC Greek astrologer
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenes_of_Byzantium
date created:
date modified:
2023-12-26T11:29:01Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q287423","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q287423"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
14