τὸ ὑπὸ γῆν
to hupo gēn

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-03-31
Primary meaning lower midheaven
Literal translation the one below earth
Variants
τὸ ὑπὸ γῆν to hupo gēn
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lower midheaven astrological place, cardinal point

τὸ δὲ ὑπὸ γῆν εὑρέθη τὴν κατὰ μῆκο[ς] κείνησιν ποιούμενον ἐν ζῳδίῳ [...] [...] Σκορπίῳ

‘The lower midheaven has been found making its longitudinal motion in the [...] sign Scorpio’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4277 ii. 4-6

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. II: 422-423


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). τὸ ὑπὸ γῆν (Lemma #2648). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2648/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). τὸ ὑπὸ γῆν (Lemma #2648). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2648/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). τὸ ὑπὸ γῆν (Lemma #2648). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2648/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) τὸ ὑπὸ γῆν (Lemma #2648), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2648/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2648,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {τὸ ὑπὸ γῆν ({Lemma} #2648)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2648/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2648/},
}