τρίτος κλῆρος
tritos klēros

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-11-18
Primary meaning third lot
Literal translation third lot
Variants
τρίτος κλῆρος tritos klēros
Edited by
third lot astrological lot

= lot of eros?

τρί[τος κλῆρος ὁ ἔρωτος εὑρέθη τὴν [κατὰ μῆκος κείνησιν ποιούμενος ἐν ζῳ[δί]ῳ θηλυ[κῷ ἀνθρςποειδεῖ Παρθένῳ [...]

‘The third [lot, of eros(?), has been found] [making] its [longitudinal motion] in the feminine, [anthropomorphic] sign Virgo [...]’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4277 ii. 34 - iii.2

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: 424-427

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). τρίτος κλῆρος (Lemma #2655). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2655/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). τρίτος κλῆρος (Lemma #2655). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2655/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). τρίτος κλῆρος (Lemma #2655). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2655/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) τρίτος κλῆρος (Lemma #2655), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2655/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2655,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {τρίτος κλῆρος ({Lemma} #2655)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2655/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2655/},
}