ζώνη τοῦ ἀέρος
zōnē tou aeros

Greek noun

Last edited: 2024-11-19
Primary meaning zone of the air
Literal translation belt of the air
Variants
ζώνη τοῦ ἀέρος zōnē tou aeros
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zone of the air (?) astrological concept

associated with the position of Mercury

Στίλβων ὁ τοῦ Ἑρμο[ῦ] ἀστ[ήρ ὁ] τὴ[ν] ζώνην τοῦ ἀέρος λελογχώς, εὑρέθη ...

‘Stilbon, the star of Mercury, which has been allotted the zone of the air, has been found …’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4277 fr. 1, col. i, 1-2

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: 2nd-3rd century CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 284-286 + II: 420-427

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ζώνη τοῦ ἀέρος (Lemma #2664). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2664/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ζώνη τοῦ ἀέρος (Lemma #2664). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2664/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). ζώνη τοῦ ἀέρος (Lemma #2664). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2664/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) ζώνη τοῦ ἀέρος (Lemma #2664), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2664/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2664,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {ζώνη τοῦ ἀέρος ({Lemma} #2664)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2664/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2664/},
}