both dates are plausible but neither is cogent. The relief has been variously yet inconclu-
sively interpreted as the horoscope of Antiokhos’ conception, birth, coronation, or apothe-
osis, of the foundation or inauguration of this site, or as the coronation horoscope of
Antiokhos’ father Mithradate ̄s I Kallinikos. The state of preservation has much deteriorated
since 1890.
Neugebauer and van Hoesen (1959) 14–16; M. Crijns, “The Lion horoscope: proposal for a new
dating,” in: E.M. Moormann and M.J. Versluys, “The Nemrud Dag ̆ Project: first interim report,”
BABesch 77 (2002) 73–111 at 97–99; Stephan Heilen, “Zur Deutung und Datierung des ‘Löwen-
horoskops’ auf dem Nemrud Dag ̆ı,” EA 38 (2005) 145–158; B. Jacobs and R. Rollinger, “Die
‘Himmlischen Hände’ der Götter. Zu zwei neuen Datierungsvorschlägen für die Kommagenischen
Reliefstelen,” Parthica 7 (2005) 137–154.
Stephan Heilen
Litorius of Beneventum (100 BCE – ca 350 CE?)
Quoted by P S for a remedy for glanders; the passage is preserved
in Greek translation in the Hippiatrika (Pel. 6.1 = Hippiatrica Berolinensia 4.15). Part of the
remedy is copied from A, who may be Pelagonius’ true source. Pelagonius
describes Litorius, perhaps anachronistically, as uir clarissimus (a late-antique title meaning
“of senatorial rank”).
Fischer (1980); Adams (1995); McCabe (2007) 167.
Anne McCabe
Lobo ̄n of Argos (200 BCE? – 200 CE)
Mentioned at most three times in ancient literature (D L 1.34: on T,
1.112: on E; and possibly Vita Sophoclis §16), wrote a book On Poets, at some
unknown date; all other fragments attributed to him by modern scholars are hypothetical
and doubtful. The name is very rare, attested also at Athens 410/409 BCE: LGPN 2.285.
“Lion Horoscope” Reproduced from K. Humann and O. Puchstein, Reisen in Kleinasien und
Nordsyrren (1890)
LOBO ̄N OF ARGOS