εἴδωλον

eidōlon
Greek · noun
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2025-05-11
Meanings
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astral concept
celestial object
spatial concept
Related Lemmata 13 ›

1. constellation

1.a constellation astral concept, celestial object

ἀστέρα τὸν ἐν τ̣ῆι Χ̣λαμύδι καλο̣ύ̣μ̣ενο̣ν Γανυμήδην ὁ̣μ̣ωνύμως τῶι ὅλωι εἰδώλωι

‘The star in the Cloak, called Ganymede, homonymous with the entire constellation’

— P.Lond. I 130 vi 132–137

Genre: horoscope Date: 81 CE

(GH 81)

2. zodiac sign

2.a zodiac sign astral concept, spatial concept

εἰδώλοις δ’ ἐν ὑγροῖσι Κρόνον καὶ φοίνιον Ἄρην ξυνὴν ἐξανύοντας ὁδὸν Τιτὰν ὅτε λεύσσῃ

‘When the Titan (the Sun) sees (is in aspect with) Saturn and bloody Mars as they complete a common path in watery zodiac signs’

— Pseudo-Manetho, Apotelesmatika 6.362–363

Genre: astrological treatise

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). εἴδωλον (Lemma #1256). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1256/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). εἴδωλον (Lemma #1256). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1256/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). εἴδωλον (Lemma #1256). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1256/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) εἴδωλον (Lemma #1256), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1256/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1256,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {εἴδωλον ({Lemma} #1256)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1256/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1256/},
}