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Hephaestion of Thebes
Hephaestion of Thebes
c. 380 CE · Panopolis (Akhmim)
Hephaestion of Thebes (born c. 380 CE) was a Greek astrological writer from Egypt. He compiled the 'Apotelesmatika,' a treatise on astrology drawing heavily on earlier authorities such as Ptolemy and Dorotheus of Sidon, which is a valuable source for the astrological tradition of late antiquity. Little else is known about his life.
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Panopolis, modern Akhmim in Upper Egypt on the east bank of the Nile, was a center of Greek learning in late antiquity. It was the birthplace of the epic poet Nonnus, author of the Dionysiaca, and of the poet Triphiodorus.
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