σελασφόρος

selasphoros
Greek · adjective
variant σελασφ : selasph
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-04

Literal translation
light-bearing
Categories
an epithet of the moon(god)
visual perception
Related Lemmata 1

1. light-bearing

1.a light-bearing an epithet of the moon(god), visual perception

[...] ἡ δὲ θεὰ καὶ σελασφ(όρος) . . ἦν] ἐν ζῳδίῳ θηλυκῷ δισώμῳ

‘The goddess and light-bearing (moon?) [was] in a feminine bicorporal sign’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4245 7-8

Genre: horoscope Provenance: Oxyrhynchus Date: 218 CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 258-259 + II: 382-383

See also P. Lond. I 130 (NH 81)


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). σελασφόρος (Lemma #2617). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2617/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). σελασφόρος (Lemma #2617). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2617/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). σελασφόρος (Lemma #2617). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2617/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) σελασφόρος (Lemma #2617), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2617/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2617,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {σελασφόρος ({Lemma} #2617)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2617/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2617/},
}