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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Aratus, Solensis
Autres auteurs: Eudoxus, of Cnidus, approximately 400 B.C.-approximately 350 B.C, Poochigian, Aaron, 1973-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Griego Antiguo
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"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
Description:Translated from the Ancient Greek.
"Includes a verse adaptation of Eudoxus' book of the same name"--Data view
Description matérielle:1 online resource (112 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781421400259

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