Aratus: Phaenomena (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521582308)

Aratus of Soli was a highly original poet of the early third century BC, famous throughout antiquity for his poem on constellations and weather signs, and imitated by later Greek and Latin poets. This volume presents for the first time in English an edition of the poem with a full introduction, a facing translation and a line-by-line commentary. The text is based on a new reading of the manuscripts, including one not used before. The work provides a valuable basis for further research on Aratus and on Hellenistic poetry in general.

Author: Aratus
ISBN-10: 052158230X
ISBN-13: 9780521582308
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/14/1997
Pages: 616
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.03lbs
Size: 8.82h x 5.98w x 1.67d