Ed.: D. Flach, Marcus Terentius Varro. Gespräche über die Landwirtschaft 3 vv. (1996–2002).
RE S.6 (1935) 1172–1277, H. Dahlmann; J.E. Skydsgaard, Varro the Scholar (1968); K.D. White, Roman
Farming (1970); W.H. Stahl, Martianus Capella and the Liberal Arts (1971); K.D. White, “Roman Agri-
cultural Writers I: Varro and his Predecessors,” ANRW 1.4.1 (1973) 439–497; B. Riposati, ed., Atti
del Congresso Internazionale di Studi Varroniani (1976); Rawson (1985); E.B. Cardauns, Marcus Terentius
Va r ro (2001); OCD3 1582, R.A. Kaster.
Philip Thibodeau
Teukros of Egyptian Babylo ̄n (ca 30 – (^100) CE)
His astrological text, Paranatellonta tois dekanois, was instrumental in the transmission of
the Hellenistic system of the decans. The earliest reference to Teukros is by P
T in connection with the decans. Teukros is also important for transmitting the
paranatellonta, or constellations rising on the horizon simultaneously with each decan. Given
the Egyptian origin of the decans, it is not surprising to find references to the sphaera
barbarica, i.e., the names of the stars and constellations known from the non-Greek world of
Egypt or Mesopotamia, preserved in fragments of Teukros. Considering his date and his
preservation of certain Greco-Egyptian astrological practices, the Babylo ̄n of his epithet
probably refers to the Egyptian Babylo ̄n rather than the by then greatly diminished city in
Mesopotamia. Egyptian Babylo ̄n was already cited by D S and by
S as having resident former prisoners from Babylo ̄n in Mesopotamia. During the
3rd c., or perhaps later, Teukros’ text was translated into P (q.v. for further
developments).
F. Boll, Sphaera (1903) 16–21, 41–52, 416 n.2, 380–391, 545; CCAG 7 (1908) 194–213; RE 5A.1 (1934)
1132 – 1134 (#5), W. Gundel; KP 5.635–636 (#4), E. Boer; Pingree (1978) 442–443.
Francesca Rochberg
Teukros of Carthage (400 – 50 BCE)
D L 8.82 (in a list of homonyms derived from De ̄me ̄trios of Magnesia)
records that a work Peri Me ̄khane ̄s, which began “From Teukros of Carthage I learned these
things,” was attributed either to A T, or a later homonym.
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PTK
Teukros of Kuzikos (80 – 20 BCE)
Contemporary with M VI and Pompey, an author with a wide range of inter-
ests whose titles include On the Goldbringing Earth, On Byzantium, On Mithradate ̄s’ Deeds, On Tyre,
Arabika, Jewish History, etc.
Ed.: FGrHist 274.
OCD3 1488, K.S. Sacks; NP 12/1 (2002) 205 (#3), K. Meister.
Jan Bollansée, Karen Haegemans, and Guido Schepens
Thaïs (250 BCE – 300 CE)
P A, 3.25.7 (CMG 9.1, p. 198), among facial remedies, records her reddener,
of saffron, frankincense, madder-root, myrrh, and orchil, in calf-fat and mastic oil. The
TEUKROS OF EGYPTIAN BABYLO ̄N