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Introduction to Astrology (Eisagogika)

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Paulus Alexandrinus's Eisagogika is a fourth-century Greek primary text, an introductory astrological handbook composed in 378 CE that this record dates from the text's own internal evidence rather than guesswork. As a primary text it is authoritative for what late antique Greek astrological practice actually specified, including the sect-reversed lot formulae this atlas draws from it, not for whether that practice produces accurate predictions. Use it to establish the content of a specific late antique astrological technique as this handbook records it; a claim about how a later astrological tradition modified or departed from Paulus's own method needs a source tracing that later development specifically.

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Paulus Alexandrinus's Eisagogika, a fourth-century Greek primary text dated from the text's own internal evidence; authoritative for what late antique Greek astrological practice actually specified, including the sect-reversed lot formulae, not for whether that practice is accurate.
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Fourth-century Greek introductory handbook. A principal source for the sect-reversed lot formulae.
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Paulus Alexandrinus
Publication Year
378
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primary-text
Claims Backed By This Source (191 claims)

This source backs 191 claims across the atlas. As facts: 143 well-attested. As cited relationships: 10 holds. Plus 38 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Houses, 77 claims: 65 well-attested, 12 general references.
  • Arabic Parts, 48 claims: 32 well-attested, 16 general references.
  • Articles, 25 claims: 24 well-attested, 1 general references.
  • Planets, 23 claims: 10 well-attested, 8 holds, 5 general references.
  • Historical Figures, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
  • Disciplines, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.
  • House Modalities, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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