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- ↑ Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus (Volumes I & II), by Alexander Jones, American Philosophical Society, 1 Jan 1999, pp. 11, 284-289
- ↑ Greek Horoscopes, Volume 48, by Otto Neugebauer and Henry Bartlett Van Hoesen, American Philosophical Society, 1959, pp. 10, 153-155
- ↑ Project Hindsight, Greek Track, Vol 1: Paulus Alexandrinus - Introductory Matters, by Paulus Alexandrinus, trans. Robert Schmidt, ed. Robert Hand, Golden Hind Press, 1993, pp.x-xi and 11-12.
- ↑ Project Hindsight, Greek Track, Vol 11: Vettius Valens - Anthology, Book IV, by Vettius Valens, trans. Robert Schmidt, ed. Robert Hand, Golden Hind Press, 1996, p.62
- ↑ Origins of astrology, Jack Lindsay, Muller, 1971, p. 427
