Φαίνων
Phainōn

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-02-14
Primary meaning Saturn
Literal translation Shining one
Variants
Φαίνων Phainōn
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Saturn planet

Φαίνων γε μένεσσιν ἐρύκει δερκόμενος, μαλερὴν δὲ περὶ φλόγα Θοῦρος ὀρίνει

‘The Shining one (Saturn) wards off raging fire (from houses) with its strength when in aspect, but the Furious one (Mars) provokes it’

— Dorotheus 5.6.1–7.2

Genre: astrological treatise
Date: 1st cent. CE?
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Φαίνων (Lemma #2891). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2891/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Φαίνων (Lemma #2891). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2891/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025). Φαίνων (Lemma #2891). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2891/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2025) Φαίνων (Lemma #2891), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2891/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2891,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Φαίνων ({Lemma} #2891)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2891/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2891/},
}