ἀγαθός
agathos

Greek adjective

Last edited: 2025-10-07
Primary meaning benefic
Literal translation good
Variants
ἀγαθός agathos
Edited by
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: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6176,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2025},
	title = {ἀγαθός ({Lemma} #6176)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6176/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6176/},
}