Поема Јована Каматира О зодијачком кругу и свему осталомна небу

This paper presents the first complete Serbian translation and commentary of John Kamateros’ Poem on the Zodiac Circle, a text that has until now remained marginalized in the study of Byzantine literature and science. The poem is situated within the cultural and intellectual milieu of twelfth-century Byzantium, where it is understood as a didactic work intended not only for a narrow circle of courtly audiences but also for a wider community of literate practitioners of astrology. Kamateros’ work offers a concise and systematic exposition of the principal elements of Hellenistic astrology as well as their later reception in synthetic handbooks. By reconsidering this long-neglected poem, the study aims to highlight its originality, didactic character, and role in transmitting and reshaping the classical astrological tradition within the framework of Byzantine literary culture.

Byzantine Studies and History · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies