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1. heliacal rising
1.a heliacal rising astronomical event
Μεγάλη δέ ἐστι διαφορὰ ἀνατολῆς καὶ ἐπιτολῆς. Ἀνατολὴ μὲν γάρ ἐστιν ἡ προειρημένη, ἐπιτολὴ δὲ ἡ γινομένη πρὸς τὸν ὁρίζοντα φάσις μετὰ τῆς πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον ἀποστάσεως ἀπολαμβανομένη.
‘And there is a big difference between a (diurnal) rising and a (heliacal) rising. For a (diurnal) rising is the aforementioned, but a (heliacal) rising is the appearance happening at the horizon that is being taken together with the distance to the sun.’
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἐπιτολή (Lemma #253). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/253/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἐπιτολή (Lemma #253). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/253/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). ἐπιτολή (Lemma #253). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/253/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) ἐπιτολή (Lemma #253), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/253/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac253,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2025},
title = {ἐπιτολή ({Lemma} #253)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/253/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/253/},
}