The Salmeschoiniaka
No public-domain English translation; the Greek fragments are scattered in late-antique citations (notably Porphyry, *De abstinentia* IV.9). Recommended edition: A. J. Festugière, *La révélation d'Hermès Trismégiste*, vol. 1: *L'astrologie et les sciences occultes*, 2nd ed. (Paris: Gabalda, 1950), pp. 110-123 (French); Wilhelm Gundel, *Dekane und Dekansternbilder* (Studien der Bibliothek Warburg 19, Glückstadt-Hamburg, 1936; reprinted Darmstadt, 1969). · Stub entry; no text reproduced.
1**Stub.** No public-domain English translation has been imported.
**What survives.** The *Salmeschoiniaka* (a hellenized Egyptian title sometimes glossed as "the wandering of the influences") was an early-Hellenistic Hermetic catalogue of the thirty-six decans and the meteorological / astrological powers attached to them. The Greek text is lost; key fragments are quoted by Porphyry (3rd c. CE), *De abstinentia ab esu animalium* IV.9, and by later scholiasts.
**Recommended editions.**
- A. J. Festugière, *La révélation d'Hermès Trismégiste*, vol. 1: *L'astrologie et les sciences occultes*, 2nd ed. (Paris: Lecoffre / Gabalda, 1950), pp. 110-123. French translation and discussion of the fragments.
- Wilhelm Gundel, *Dekane und Dekansternbilder: Glossar der Sternnamen für 36 Dekane*, Studien der Bibliothek Warburg 19 (Glückstadt-Hamburg: Augustin, 1936; reprinted Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1969). The standard study of the Greek decanic literature.