Θοῦρος
Thouros

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-02-04
Primary meaning Mars
Literal translation Furious one
Variants
Θοῦρος Thouros
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Mars

δὴ γὰρ Θοῦρος ἀεὶ σφοδρός τε καὶ ὠκὺς εἰς ὁρμὰς ἄσκεπτον ἀεὶ τάχος ἠδ’ ἀλόγιστον θερμὸς ἐὼν ἤνεγκεν

‘For the Furious one (Mars), always forceful and quick in impulse, being hot, has brought a haste always unconsidered and unreasoned’

— Dorotheus 2.18.2–3

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 1st cent. CE?


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Θοῦρος (Lemma #2839). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2839/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Θοῦρος (Lemma #2839). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2839/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Θοῦρος (Lemma #2839). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2839/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Θοῦρος (Lemma #2839), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2839/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2839,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Θοῦρος ({Lemma} #2839)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2839/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2839/},
}