Pseudo-Manetho, Apotelesmatica, Books Two, Three, and Six

Max Leventhal, Bryn Mawr Classical Review A spectacular piece of scholarship ... What makes this book nevertheless a pleasure to read is the (largely) accessible, humorous and warm manner in which it is written: there is, for example, a recurring joke about garum (226, 279) and a self-aware comment about Lightfoot's famous (to some) haunt in Oxford's Bodleian Library (371). So be under no illusion that diving into the world of the Apotelesmatica will be a disorientating experience for most students and scholars of the Greek and Roman world; but know also that you could have no more genial or supportive a guide.

Max Leventhal, Trinity Hall, Cambridge. a spectacular piece of scholarship

J. L. Lightfoot is Professor of Greek Literature at the University of Oxford and Charlton Fellow and Tutor in Classic at New College, Oxford. Her publications include Dionysius Periegetes: Description of the Known World (2014), The Sibylline Oracles (2007), Lucian: 'On the Syrian Goddess' (2003), and Parthenius of Nicaea: The Extant Works (1999).

Conventions; Citations; Jargon Abbreviations Editions Part One: Astrology 1: Introduction: All the World's a Stage 2: Ars Divina 3: Human Science 4: The Manethoniana 5: Ps.-Manetho books 2, 3, 6, and the Comparanda Part Two: Poetics 1: Orthographica, Phonologica, Morphologica 2: Syntax 3: Poetic Diction 4: Techniques of Adaptation 5: Information 6: Style 7: Metre Part Three: The World of Astrology 1: Introduction 2: The Self 3: Class and Status 4: Social Groups 5: The Family 6: Ethics 7: Money 8: Professions, Professionals 9: Private Life 10: Conclusions: The Stars and the Emotions Part Four: Text 1: The Manuscript (Laur. Plut. 28,27) 2: The Edition 3: Sigla 4: Text and Translation Part Five: Commentary 2.1 140 Circles 2.141 9 Transition 2.150 398 Topikai Diakriseis 2.399 409 Transition 2.410 35 Planets with the Sun 2.436 40 Transition 2.441 502 Synaphai and Aporrhoiai of the Moon 3.1 7 Proem 3.8 131 Planets in the Cardines 3.132 226 Planets in Opposition across the Cardines 3.227 33 Transition 3.234 362 Aspects 3.363 98 Luminaries and Gender 3.399 428 On the Length of Life Book 6: Sample Charts & Table of Likenesses 6.1 18 Introduction 6.19 112 Nurture 6.113 23 Marriage 6.224 306 Children 6.307 39 Siblings 6.339 543 Technai 6.544 631 Harms 6.632 84 Loss of wealth 6.684 731 Birth of slaves 6.732 7 Recusatio 6.738 50 Sphragis: Horoscope Appendices Appendix 1: Technical vocabulary Appendix 2: Planetary Names and Epithets