ἀγαθός

agathos
Greek · adjective
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2025-10-07

Meanings
Literal translation
good
Categories
astrological concept
Related Lemmata 5

1. benefic

1.a benefic astrological concept

οἱ δὲ ἀγαθοὶ ἐπιθεωρήσαντες σίνος ποιοῦσι καὶ πάθος.

‘but when the good planets are looking on, they cause injury and suffering.’

— Hephaestion 1.1

Genre: astrological treatise Date: 5th century CE


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ἀγαθός (Lemma #6176). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6176/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ἀγαθός (Lemma #6176). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6176/

MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2025). ἀγαθός (Lemma #6176). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6176/

Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2025) ἀγαθός (Lemma #6176), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6176/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac6176,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἀγαθός ({Lemma} #6176)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6176/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6176/},
}