Στίλβων

Stilbōn
Greek · adjective
Edited by: Thomas Peeters , Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2024-06-26
Meanings
Literal translation
shining
Categories
planet
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1. Mercury

1.a Mercury planet

Στίλβων Ἀπόλλωνος

‘The shining one (Mercury), (the star of) Apollo’

— IGLS I 36 (GH –61)

Genre: horoscope

Στίλβων· ὁ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ ἀστήρ

‘Stilbōn: the star of Hermes.’

— Hesychius σ 1861

Genre: lexicon Provenance: Alexandria Date: 4th-6th century CE

Hesychius Alexandrinus. 2005. Hesychii Alexandrini Lexicon, Vol. 3 (Pi - Sigma), ed. P.A. Hansen. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. 350

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). Στίλβων (Lemma #620). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/620/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). Στίλβων (Lemma #620). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/620/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T., & Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024). Στίλβων (Lemma #620). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/620/
Harvard
Peeters, T. and Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2024) Στίλβων (Lemma #620), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/620/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac620,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas and Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2024},
	title = {Στίλβων ({Lemma} #620)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/620/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/620/},
}