Βίου
Biou

Greek noun
loaned from Egyptian

Last edited: 2025-02-12
Primary meaning Decan 1 of Pisces
Variants
Βίου Biou
Edited by
Decan 1 of Pisces decan

οἱ δὲ τρεῖς αὐτοῦ δεκανοί· ὁ πρῶτος Βίου, ὁ δεύτερος Χονταρέ, ὁ τρίτος Πτιβιοῦ

‘The three decans of (Pisces) are: the first, Biou; the second, Chontare; the third, Ptibiou’

— Hephaestion 1.1.225

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 5th century CE
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Βίου (Lemma #2885). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2885/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Βίου (Lemma #2885). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2885/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Βίου (Lemma #2885). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2885/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Βίου (Lemma #2885), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2885/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2885,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Βίου ({Lemma} #2885)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2885/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2885/},
}