ζώνη τοῦ πόλου
zōnē tou polou

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-03-24
Primary meaning zone of the pole
Literal translation belt of the pole
Variants
ζώνη τοῦ πόλου zōnē tou polou
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zone of the pole astrological concept

associated with the position of Mercury

[Στίλ]β[ων, ὁ το]ῦ Ἑρμ[ο]ῦ [ἀ]στ[ὴ]ρ [... ὁ τὴ]ν ζώνην τοῦ πόλου κ[λ]ηρωθ[εὶς ἑυρ]έθη ...

‘Stilbon, the star of Mercury, which has been allotted the zone of the pole, has been found ...’

— P. Oxy. LXI 4283 fr. 2, 1-3

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Oxyrhynchus
Date: 3rd-4th century CE

Jones, A. (ed.), 1999. Astronomical papyri from Oxyrhynchus (P. Oxy. 4133-4300a), Volumes I and II. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. I: 289 + II: 432-433

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ζώνη τοῦ πόλου (Lemma #2665). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2665/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ζώνη τοῦ πόλου (Lemma #2665). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2665/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ζώνη τοῦ πόλου (Lemma #2665). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2665/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) ζώνη τοῦ πόλου (Lemma #2665), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2665/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2665,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ζώνη τοῦ πόλου ({Lemma} #2665)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2665/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2665/},
}