people
The Chaldeans
Chaldeans
also: Chaldaei
The astronomer-priests of Babylon, famed for astrology; their lore disputed the Greek astronomers' account of the moon's phases.
Reading notes
- On the Nature of Things §5.40 Chaldeans
The astronomer-priests of Babylon, famed for astrology, whose lore disputed the Greek account of the moon's phases.