emotional satisfaction and aroused an almost mystical feeling. Knowing that everything was already predetermined gave one a sense of freedom from anxiety and a sense of salvation. Notes References J. Komorowska, Vettius Valens of Antioch: An Intellectual Monography (Cracow: Ksiegarnia Akademicka, 2004; .) Neugebauer, O. and Van Hoesen, H.B. Greek Horoscopes, (Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, 1959). Declercq, G., "The Regnal Canon in the Anthologies of Vettius Valens", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 204 (2017), p. 221-228. Vettius Valens. Anthologiarum libri novem, ed. David Pingree (Leipzig, 1986). Vettius Valens d'Antioche. Anthologies. Livre 1, translation and commentary (in French) by J.Fr. Bara (Leiden: Brill, 1989). Vettius Valens. The Anthology. Book III. [translated by Robert Schmidt and edited by Robert Hand.] Project Hindsight, Greek Track, Vol. VIII (The Golden Hind Press, Berkeley Springs, WV, 1994). External links Mark Riley's draft translation of the Anthology, 2010. See also Mark Riley's site for explanation of abbreviations etc. Section on Valens in Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article Project Hindsight – on Vettius Valens and contemporaries Vettius Valens Translation Project 120 births 175 deaths Ancient Greek astrologers