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- Author
- Ptolemy
- First published
- 1484
- Editions
- 15
- Subjects
- Astrology, Astronomy, Early works to 1800, Greek Astrology, Greek Astronomy, Greek language materials, Literary form
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Tetrabiblos (Quadripartitum)
- Book.title_orig
- Apotelesmatika
- Book.image
- Quadritpartitum.jpg
- Book.caption
- Opening page of Tetrabiblos: 15th-century Latin printed edition of the 12th-century translation of Plato of Tivoli; published in Venice by Erhard Ratdolt, 1484.
- Book.author
- Claudius Ptolemy
- Book.subject
- Astrology
- Book.pub_date
- 2nd century
- Book.language
- Greek
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Article
24 sectionsContents
- Overview and influence
- Title and date of composition
- Book I: principles and techniques
- Opening chapters
- Ptolemy's philosophical arguments
- Argument on whether astrology is natural and useful
- Introduction of principles
- Book II: Mundane astrology
- Use of eclipses
- Book III: Individual horoscopes (genetic influences and predispositions)
- Book IV: Individual horoscopes (external accidentals)
- Criticism
- Editions and translations
- Arabic translations
- Paraphrase based editions
- Greek manuscripts
- Associated texts
- Commentary
- Centiloquium
- See also
- Footnotes
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Quadripartitum, 1622
Tetrabiblos (, ), also known as Apotelesmatiká (, ) and in Latin as Quadripartitum (), is a text on the philosophy and practice of astrology, written by the Alexandrian scholar Claudius Ptolemy in Koine Greek during the 2nd century CE