Full Translation of Vettius Valens’ Anthology Released
A full translation of the Anthology of the 2nd century astrologer Vettius Valens was released online yesterday for free. The translator is a retired classics scholar named Mark Riley, who posted a PDF of the translation on his website (here is a direct link to the PDF). (Update June 3, 2025: I published an edited version of Riley’s translation of Valens in 2022, and you can now find a free eBook version of that edition online here: The Anthology of Vettius Valens) Riley’s name is familiar to those in the field because he published a few papers on Hellenistic astrology in [...]
