Critodemus

Critodemus

Critodemus was a Greek astrologer. He was used as a source by Pliny and Vettius Valens among others. Dates uncertain but 1st century AD at the latest.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ O. Neugebauer, H. B. Van Hoesen. Greek Horoscopes. p, 185. http://books.google.com/books?id=kEgnLpm06zQC&pg=PA185




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