Phaenomena /

"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"--Back cove...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Aratus, Solensis
Otros Autores: Eudoxus, of Cnidus, approximately 400 B.C.-approximately 350 B.C, Poochigian, Aaron, 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Weather.
Planets.
Didactic poetry, Greek.
Constellations.
Astronomy, Ancient.
Astronomie ancienne > Poesie.
Constellations > Poesie.
Planetes > Poesie.
Temps (Meteorologie) > Poesie.
Didactic poetry, Greek > Translations into English.
Astronomy, Ancient > Poetry.
Constellations > Poetry.
Planets > Poetry.
Weather > Poetry.
Translations.
Poetry.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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"--Back cover
Notas:Translated from the Ancient Greek.
"Includes a verse adaptation of Eudoxus' book of the same name"--Data view
Descripción Física:1 online resource (112 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781421400259

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