The Loeb Classical Library edition of Ptolemy's own astrological treatise, Greek text with a facing scholarly English translation, prepared for Harvard University Press. A standard academic critical edition in wide scholarly use.
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Tier 1 because this is the Loeb Classical Library edition, Greek text with a facing scholarly English translation prepared for a university press. A standard, widely used academic critical edition of the treatise, placed at this atlas's top tier alongside its other Loeb and university press critical editions. NotesThe bilingual Loeb Classical Library edition of the Tetrabiblos, Greek text and facing English translation prepared by the classicist F.E. Robbins for Harvard University Press. The standard scholarly edition in wide academic use since 1940.
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AuthorClaudius Ptolemy; translated by F.E. Robbins
PublisherHarvard University Press
Publication Year1940
Source TypeCritical edition
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- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Articles, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Esoteric Texts, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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