"New" Zodiacal Divisions in POxy LXI 4277 (ZPE 203) (original) (raw)

The preserved part of POxy LXI 4277 (late 2 nd /early 3 rd c. by handwriting) provides longitudes to the minute for Mercury, the four cardines, and three lots, along with their characterization according to many systems for the division of the zodiac. 1 The editor expresses ignorance about one of these doctrines ("zodiacal place"), and proposes an explanation for another of them ("step and wind") that needs improvement. I will show that the two doctrines are in fact paralleled in the work of Vettius Valens.