The Nechepsos–Petosiris Texts
No public-domain continuous English translation; the fragments are scattered through the astrological compendia of Vettius Valens, Hephaestio of Thebes, and the *Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum* (CCAG). Recommended edition: Ernst Riess, ed., *Nechepsonis et Petosiridis fragmenta magica*, in *Philologus*, Suppl. 6 (Göttingen, 1892), pp. 327-394 (Greek text with Latin notes; public domain). For the surviving astronomical / iatromathematical material see Stephan Heilen, *Hadriani genitura: die astrologischen Fragmente des Antigonos von Nikaia* (De Gruyter, 2015). · Stub entry; no text reproduced.
1**Stub.** No public-domain English translation has been imported.
**What survives.** A Hellenistic Greek astrological corpus of the 2nd century BCE, pseudonymously attributed to the Egyptian king Necho II ("Nechepsos") and his priest Petese ("Petosiris"), and citing Hermes Trismegistus as their ultimate authority. The original work is lost; about 50 Greek fragments survive in citations.
**Recommended editions.**
- Ernst Riess, ed., *Nechepsonis et Petosiridis fragmenta magica*, in *Philologus*, Supplementband 6 (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1892), pp. 327-394. The standard Greek-text collection of the fragments. Public domain.
- Stephan Heilen, *Hadriani genitura: die astrologischen Fragmente des Antigonos von Nikaia* (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2015) — discusses the related Greek astrological transmission.
No continuous English translation has been published.