atmospheric earthquake-theory, Book 2, fr.28 M.), and took an interest in the natural pro-
ducts of his regions (Book 4, frr.61, 72 M.). Scholars suggest various sources, notably
T, P, and V. Probably used by V, M, and P (on
the Sicilian strait), Sallust was received as the Roman T (V.P. 2.36.2; Quint.
10.1.101–102), and Martial records (14.191) that he was ranked the foremost Roman histor-
ian by scholars. Ze ̄nobios translated him into Greek (under Hadrian), and he is cited by
Latin grammarians on a par with C, Horace, Terence, and V. The periplous
of the Pontos was admired by A (OM 32 – 37) and used by Ammianus Marcellinus
(22.8); whereas I H exploited him widely in his geography (9.2.119– 122
- 18.1–10: Iugurtha; 13.18: Sicily; 14.6–7: Sardinia). The Historiae were barely lost, surviving
to have lengthy extracts made in the 9th c.
Ed.: B. Maurenbrecher, C. Sallusti Crispi Historiarum Reliquiae (1891–1893; repr. 1967); L.D. Reynolds,
Catilina, Iugurtha, Historiarum Fragmenta Selecta (1991).
R. Syme, Sallust (1964; French trans. 1982; repr. 2002); P. McGushin, Sallust The Histories 2 vv.
(1992–1994); P.T. Keyser, “From Myth to Map,” AncW 24 (1993) 149–168; OCD3 1348 – 1349,
C.B.R. Pelling; P.T. Keyser, “Sallust’s Historiae, Dioskorides and the sites of the Korykos captured
by P. Servilius Vatia,” Historia 46 (1997) 64–79; DLB 211 (1999) 267–276, R.W. Ulery, Jr.; NP
10.1254–1258 (#II.3), P.L. Schmidt.
PTK
S D ⇒ D S
Sallustius Mopseate ̄s (15 – 40 CE)
Wrote a Iatrika at the time of Tiberius: Souda Sigma-61. The odd Greek name is attested for
a Kallippos Mopsiate ̄s at Athens, ca 162 – 170 CE (LGPN 2.322).
Fabricius (1726) 390.
PTK
Salmeskhoiniaka (200 – 100 BCE?)
Lost early astrological text in Greek, probably composed in Egypt during the Ptolemaic
period from Egyptian sources of the last millennium BCE. The strange title may have been a
transcription of an Egyptian phrase meaning “traveling of the influences.” Testimonia to the
Salmeskhoiniaka in I K De Mysteriis (8.4) and E Praeparatio Evan-
gelica (3.4), both deriving from the lost letter of P to Anebo, show that it was very
close in doctrine to a 4th c. BCE Egyptian inscription on the so-called Saft el-Henna Naos;
similar material is found also in a 2nd c. CE Greek papyrus, POxy 3.465. The Salmeskhoiniaka
set out a scheme of astrological attributes and predictions associated with the decans.
S. Heilen, Hadriani genitura. Die astrologischen Fragmente des Antigonos von Nikaia. Edition, Übersetzung und
Kommentar (2006) 470–474.
Alexander Jones
Saloustios (ca 350 – 370 CE)
Author of On gods and the world (as called by its first editor), presumably written during
Julian’s reign (361– 363 CE) with the aim to restore the pagan religion. Probably identifiable
SALLUSTIUS MOPSEATE ̄S