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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aratus, Solensis
Other Authors: Eudoxus, of Cnidus, approximately 400 B.C.-approximately 350 B.C, Poochigian, Aaron, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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
Item Description:Translated from the Ancient Greek.
"Includes a verse adaptation of Eudoxus' book of the same name"--Data view
Physical Description:1 online resource (112 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781421400259

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