Late Antique Historiography

On celestial signs

Title(s):
  • On celestial signs
  • De ostentis
  • Περὶ διοσημείων
    (Peri diosēmeiōn, On celestial signs)
Author:
Period covered:
Mythical and biblical past-author's time
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Full
Genre:
  • Secular history (antiquarianism)
  • Astronomy & astrology
Remarks:
The work is an interpretation of heavenly signs.
Edition - Translation:
  • C. Wachsmuth (1897) Ioannis Laurentii Lydi liber de ostentis et calendaria Graeca omnia (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana). Leipzig.
  • A.C. Bandy (2013) (ed.) Ioannes Lydus on celestial signs (De Ostentis). Lewiston.
  • I. Domenici (2008) Giovanni Lido: Sui segni celesti. Milan.
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Bibliography:
  • M. Maas (1991) John Lydus and the Roman past: Antiquarianism and politics in the age of Justinian. London - New York.
  • R. Wünsch (1903) Ioannis Lydi De magistratibus populi Romani libri tres (Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana). Leipzig.