Rhetorius dating history

Rhetorius is a member of the following lists: 7th-century Byzantine people, 6th-century writers and 6th-century Byzantine people.

Contribute

Who is Rhetorius dating? Rhetorius partner, spouse list. Help us build our profile of Rhetorius! Login to add information, pictures and relationships, join in discussions and get credit for your contributions.

Details

Rhetorius of Egypt (Greek: Ῥητόριος) was the last major classical astrologer from whom we have any excerpts. He lived in the sixth or early seventh century, in the early Byzantine era. He wrote an extensive compendium in Greek of the techniques of the Hellenistic astrologers who preceded him, and is one of our best sources for the work of Antiochus of Athens. Although no intact original manuscript survives of his work, we do have several late Byzantine versions of it.