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  • The Sky Is Our Song

    The "Phaenomena" of Aratus

    de Aratus ...
    Traducido por Stanley Lombardo ...
    An ancient Greek guide to the heavens, translated in a new accessible modern English edition.A poetic guide to the heavens, the Phaenomena of Aratus—dating from around 270 BCE—was widely known across the ancient world, second only in fame to the works of Homer. Beginning with an invocation to Zeus, the poem describes the constellations of the northern and southern skies, the celestial sphere, and ... Leer más

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  • Aratus

    de Plutarch ...
    Aratus (c. 315 BC/310 BC – 240) was a Greek didactic poet. His major extant work is his hexameter poem Phenomena (Ancient Greek: Φαινόμενα, Phainómena, "Appearances"; Latin: Phaenomena), the first half of which is a verse setting of a lost work of the same name by Eudoxus of Cnidus. It describes the constellations and other celestial phenomena. The second half is called the Diosemeia (Διοσημεῖα ... Leer más

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  • Phaenomena

    de Aratus ...
    Traducido por Aaron Poochigian ...
    Series series Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity
    After the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Phaenomena was the most widely read poem in the ancient world. Its fame was immediate. It was translated into Latin by Ovid and Cicero and quoted by St. Paul in the New Testament, and it was one of the few Greek poems translated into Arabic.Aratus’ Phaenomena is a didactic poem—a practical manual in verse that teaches the reader to identify constellations and ... Leer más

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  • Constellation Myths

    with Aratus's Phaenomena

    de Eratosthenes, Hyginus, Aratus ...
    Traducido por Robin Hard ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'Athena seized the writhing serpent and hurled it into the sky, and fixed it to the very pole of the heavens.' The constellations we recognize today were first mapped by the ancient Greeks, who arranged the stars into patterns for that purpose. In the third century BC Eratosthenes compiled a handbook of astral mythology in which the constellations were associated with figures from legend, and ... Leer más

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  • Delphi Complete Works of Aratus - Appearances (Illustrated)

    de Aratus of Soli ...
    Series Libro 108 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    Aratus of Soli was a third century BC didactic poet at the court of Antigonus Gonatas of Macedonia, where he wrote his famous astronomical poem ‘Phaenomena’ (Appearances). It describes the constellations and other celestial phenomena, while the latter section is chiefly concerned with weather lore. Aratus’ poem was extremely popular both in the Greek and Roman world, as demonstrated by the large ... Leer más

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  • Audiolibro

    Life of Aratus, The

    de Plutarch, Bernadotte Perrin ...
    Narrado por Andrea Giordani ...

    Completo

    1 horas 49 minutos

    The Life of Aratus is one of the many biographies detailed in Plutarch’s integral work, Parallel Lives. In the Life of Aratus, Plutarch details the dynamic work done by the successor of Nicocles and talks about his advocacy to turn Greece into a united country. Working as a soldier first and then a diplomat, he fought for the betterment of his fellow countrymen. Disaster hit during his later reign ... Leer más

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  • The Astronomy of Hipparchus

    An Annotated Translation of and Introduction to the Commentary on the Phenomena of Aratus and Eudoxus

    de Eric Glover ...
    Hipparchus was the most important astronomer of the ancient Greek world. This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to almost everything that can be known or reasonably surmised about his life and work. Hipparchus was the first to apply an effective geometric model to the cosmos, which enabled him to predict the positions of the Sun, Moon and stars more reliably than before. He was also the ... Leer más

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  • Thick As Thieves

    de Ken Lizzi ...
    Fantasy makes crime no less shabby -- and thieves no less thick. Brick, ex-soldier turned tavern bouncer, lets loyalty and a woman involve him in a caper. Glum Arent, alcoholic poet, needs only greed and wine-added imagination. Magic, treachery, and bad decisions drive a simple heist from farce to tragedy. Can any of the thieves survive the mishaps and double-crosses?With a nod to the novels of ... Leer más

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    Learning Ancient Secrets, #7

    de Walter Parks ...
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  • Skywatcher's Companion: Constellations and Their Mythology

    Constellations and Their Mythology

    de Stan Shadick ...
    An informative sidekick to Stan Shadick's annual award-winning Skywatchers calendars, Skywatcher's Companion presents fascinating stories for skywatchers of all ages.Discover the wonders of the night sky and learn how to find the star patterns that have inspired the myths and storytelling of great cultures of the past. Meet the gods and goddesses of Rome, Greece and Mesopotamia and see how they ... Leer más

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