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Chris Brennan wrote:Wait, so this only applies to the last section in chapter 22 though, right? That is the only one that is in the small typeface in the Greek. That still leaves a pretty extensive lot list in the previous sections leading up to that point.
Yeah, Chris, that's right. (I see you're among the few who read the critical edition itself. :)) There are plenty of lots from the text prior this insertion, and they cannot be denied to be genuine, from Hellenistic perspective.
Actually, it seems to be a very good probe to concentrate on lots when investigating textual transmission between authors. At least, one good probe, which unveils a great deal of stuffs. :)

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Osthanes wrote:
You know, there is a vast list of lots in Olympiodorus but it appears only in one manuscript, Laurentianus 28, 34.
Is there a source online? I searched the Warburg electronic library and found Greenbaum's translation of Olympiodorus, but no Laurentianus version. Thanks.
Curtis Manwaring
Zoidiasoft Technologies, LLC

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Hi Curtis,

no need for Warburg copies, just check the critical edition made by de Boer, Leipzig 1962. And here's a link to CCAG 1 (uploaded by Chris Brennan) to see the contents of Laurentianus, pp. 60-72. The text is referenced on p. 68 (f. 130) and is partially edited on pp. 167-170.

Levente

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Martin Gansten wrote:Thanks; that's very helpful. No horses! :) Did the Arabs invent that one, I wonder, or the Indians? Both cultures held horses in high regard...
As an update to this old query, I just found one text witness with a variant reading: instead of the Lot of Horses, it has the Lot of the Mother-in-Law. :D Does anyone know of a Greek or Arabic source mentioning such a lot?
https://astrology.martingansten.com/