‎GEE (Emma)‎
‎Aratus and the Astronomical Tradition.‎

‎ Oxford University Press In-8, hardcover, dust jacket, 298 pp, bibliogr., index. 2013 ‎

Reference : 606388
ISBN : 9780199781683

‎Aratus' Phaenomena, a didactic poem in Greek hexameters, composed c. 270 BC, which describes the layout of the heavens and their effect on the lives of men, was an ideal text in expressing such relationships: a didactic model which was both accessible and elegant, and which combined the stars with notions of divine and human order. Across a period extending from the late Roman Republic and early Empire until the age of Christian humanism, the impact of this poem on the literary environment is apparently out of all proportion to its relatively modest size and the obscurity of its subject matter. It was translated into Latin many times between the first century BC and the Renaissance, and carried lasting influence outside its immediate genre. Perfect condition. - Frais de port : -France 6,8 € -U.E. 9 € -Monde (z B : 14 €) (z C : 24 €) ‎