ἀπόστασις
apostasis

Greek noun

Last edited: 2023-07-09
Primary meaning elongation
Literal translation distance
Variants
ἀπόστασις apostasis
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elongation astronomical quantity

ἀλλ’ οὐ προσέσχον πρῶτον τὸν πολεύοντα καὶ διέποντα Ἑρμῆν εἰς πάθος ἐμπεπτωκότα· καὶ γὰρ μεγίστην ἀπόστασιν ἀπεῖχε τοῦ Ἡλίου καὶ ὑπὸ Κρόνου μόνου ἐθεωρεῖτο· ὃ καὶ βιαιοθάνατον ἀπετέλει.

‘But (those who previously interpreted this horoscope) did not pay attention first of all to Mercury, the one inhabiting and managing (the day and hour), which had fallen into suffering, for it had its greatest elongation from the Sun and was in aspect with Saturn only, and that caused violent death.’

— CCAG VI pp. 66–67

Genre: horoscope

(GH L 484)

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APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ἀπόστασις (Lemma #649). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/649/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ἀπόστασις (Lemma #649). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/649/
MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). ἀπόστασις (Lemma #649). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/649/
Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) ἀπόστασις (Lemma #649), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/649/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac649,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ἀπόστασις ({Lemma} #649)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/649/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/649/},
}