ἀνατολή

anatolē
Greek · noun
variant ἀντολή : antolē
Edited by: Thomas Peeters , Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2025-01-22

Literal translation
rising
Categories
astronomical event
cardinal direction
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 21

1. diurnal rising

1.a diurnal rising astronomical event

Ἡμέρα λέγεται διχῶς, καθ’ ἕνα μὲν τρόπον χρόνος ὁ ἀπ’ ἀνατολῆς ἡλίου μέχρι δύσεως, καθ’ ἕτερον δὲ τρόπον ἡμέρα λέγεται χρόνος ὁ ἀφ’ ἡλίου ἀνατολῆς μέχρις ἡλίου ἀνατολῆς.

‘A day is spoken of in two ways, on the one hand as the time from sunrise till sunset, but on the other hand a day is spoken of as the time from sunrise till sunrise.’

— Geminus 6.1

Genre: astronomy Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 33

2. heliacal rising

2.a heliacal rising astronomical event

rare; used instead of ἐπιτολή

Ἦν δ’ οὐδὲν αὐτοῖς οὔτε χείματος τέκμαρ οὔτ’ ἀνθεμώδους ἦρος οὔτε καρπίμου θέρους βέβαιον, ἀλλ’ ἄτερ γνώμης τὸ πᾶν ἔπρασσον, ἔστε δή σφιν ἀντολὰς ἐγὼ ἄστρων ἔδειξα τάς τε δυσκρίτους δύσεις.

‘And they didn't have any sign - neither of winter, nor of flowery spring, nor of fruitful summer - that was certain, but they did it all without sense, until I then showed them the risings of the stars and the hard to discern settings.’

— Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 454-458

Genre: tragedy Date: 5th century BCE

Aeschylus. 1930. Aeschylus, with an English translation by Herbert Weir Smyth, ed. H.W. Smith. London: William Heinemann.

3. east

3.a east cardinal direction

often as compound ἀνατολή ἡλίου (rising of the sun)

Τὸν δὲ Ὠκεανὸν λόγῳ μὲν λέγουσι ἀπὸ ἡλίου ἀνατολέων ἀρξάμενον γῆν περὶ πᾶσαν ῥέειν, ἔργῳ δὲ οὐκ ἀποδεικνῦσι.

‘And by assertion they say that the Ocean flows around the whole world beginning from the risings of the Sun (i.e., the east), but they do not show it with evidence.’

— Herodotus 4.8.2

Genre: historiography Date: 5th century BCE

Herodotus. 1920. Herodotus, with an English translation by A.D. Godley, ed. A.D. Godley. Cambridge Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.

4. cardinal point

4.a cardinal point astrological concept

προκρίνονται δὲ ἐν τούτοις εἰς δύναμιν ἐπικρατήσεως πρῶτον μὲν τὸ ὑπὲρ γῆν μεσουράνημα (...), εἶτα τὸ κατὰ τὴν ἀνατολὴν ἤγουν τὴν ὡροσκοποῦσαν μοῖραν.

‘Among these (the aphetikoi topoi) (the following) are preferred, in terms of power to control, first the Midheaven above the Earth (...), then the (cardinal point) at the rising, that is, the degree in the Ascendant.’

— Hephaestion Epitome IV 25.31 (vol. 2, p. 203 Pingree)


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἀνατολή (Lemma #250). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/250/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἀνατολή (Lemma #250). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/250/

MLA (9th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). ἀνατολή (Lemma #250). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/250/

Harvard
Peeters, T. and Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) ἀνατολή (Lemma #250), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/250/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac250,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas and Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἀνατολή ({Lemma} #250)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/250/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/250/},
}