Constellation myths : with Aratus's 'Phaenomena' / Eratosthenes and Hyginus ; translated with an int...
Constellation myths : with Aratus's 'Phaenomena' / Eratosthenes and Hyginus ; translated with an int...
Constellation myths : with Aratus's 'Phaenomena' / Eratosthenes and Hyginus ; translated with an introduction and notes by Robin Hard.
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G 2016/517
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English
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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Physical content
xlii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
The mythological narratives. Constellations Of The Arctic Circle. 1. Ursa Major, the Great Bear -- 2. Ursa Minor, the Little Bear -- 3. Draco, the Dragon -- 4. Cepheus. Constellations Between The Arctic Circle And The Summer Tropic. 5. Perseus -- 6. Andromeda -- 7. Cassiopeia, known in the ancie...
Constellations Of The Zodiac. 21. Cancer, the Crab; with the associated star-group of the Asses -- 22. Leo, the Lion; with the neighbouring constellation of Coma Berenices, Berenice's Hair -- 23. Virgo, the Maiden -- 24-25 Scorpius, the Scorpion, and the Claws (or Libra, the Scales) -- 26. Sagittar...
The Milky Circle, Planets, And Constellations Of Late Origin. 47. The Planets -- 48. The Milky Circle -- 49. Equuleus, the Foal -- 50. Corona Australis, the Southern Crown. Aratus, Phaenomena: 1. The Constellations. 2. Measuring of Time through Observation of the Heavens. 3. Weather Signs. App...
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England
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"The constellations we recognize today were first mapped by the ancient Greeks, who arranged the stars into patterns for that purpose. In the third century BC Eratosthenes compiled a handbook of astral mythology in which the constellations were associated with figures from legend, and myths were provided to explain how each person, creature, or obj...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Constellation myths : with Aratus's 'Phaenomena' / Eratosthenes and Hyginus ; translated with an introduction and notes by Robin Hard.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Container of (expression): Hyginus, C. Julius. Poetica astronomica. Selections (Constellation myths). English (Hard)
Container of (expression): Aratus, Solensis. Phaenomena. English (Hard)
Hard, Robin, writer of added text, translator.
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General note
Oxford world's classics.
English translation of the fragments of Eratosthenes's Catasterismi, a selection from Hyginus's Poetica astronomica, and Aratus's Phaenomena.
"First published as an Oxford world's classics paperback, 2015."--Verso of title page.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-200) and index.
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G 2016/517
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74VKzKdv0opb
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ISBN
0198716982
9780198716983
DDC
398.20938
MMS ID
991023403249702626
