Ovid, Aratus and Augustus : Astronomy in Ovid's Fasti (Cambridge Classical Studies)
Ovid, Aratus and Augustus : Astronomy in Ovid's Fasti (Cambridge Classical Studies)
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' ... it demonstrates the richness and variety of possible nuances that poems about the stars are capable of yielding. ... It is a rewarding and wide-ranging study of the literary potential of allusions to all things astronomical in teh Augustan period.' Journal of Roman Studies
Book Description
This book explores how astronomy and power were linked in the early Roman Empire. This is achieved by careful study of the Fasti by the Roman poet Ovid--a poem about the Roman calendar that contains many references to and stories about the stars. The author does not study Ovid's stars by using the techniques of mathematical astronomy but aims to combine the methodology of recent genre-based readings with a broad cultural perspective.
Ovid, Aratus and Augustus: Astronomy in Ovid's Fasti (Cambridge Classical Studies),Emma Gee,R. L. Hunter,R. G. Osborne,M. D. Reeve,P. D. Garnsey,M. Millett,D. N. Sedley,G. C. Horrocks,Cambridge University Press,0521651875,43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D,Ancient and Classical,Astronomy - General,Astronomy, Ancient, in literature,Didactic poetry, Latin,Fasti,General,Greek Literature,History,History and criticism,Language,Literary Criticism,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Ovid,,Poetry,Politics and literature,Rome,Aratus,Astronomy,Influence,Language Arts & Disciplines / General,Latin,Literary studies: classical, early & medieval,Ovid,Ovid,--43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.--Fasti,Phaenomena,Poetry & poets: classical, early & medieval
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