Aratus and the Astronomical Tradition by Emma Gee
With Aratus and the Astronomical Tradition, Emma Gee offers a study of the Phaenomena of Aratus and addresses the poem's place within the unique development of Western cosmology.
Emma Gee's learned, authoritative and lucid book gives us a new understanding of the historical importance of the Hellenistic poet, AratusAratus' learned poem on the night sky was read and translated and argued over from the third century BC up to the era of Copernicus. Until now the poem's popularity has been simply baffling, but Gee's crisp and witty arguments explain not just why Aratus was popular but why he mattered. As a template for how to fuse astronomical data with an imaginative vision of an ordered cosmos, Aratus was never out of fashion, whether providing a model for Stoic providence or being deconstructed by the atomist Lucretius. At last, thanks to Gee, we can start to understand where Aratus belongs in the scientific tradition of the West. * Denis Feeney, Princeton University *
In this extremely erudite book, G. provides clever analyses (particularly the intertextual chs 3 and 4) that will certainly set a template for future Aratean studies. * C. Castelletti, Journal of Roman Studies *
In this extremely erudite book, G. provides clever analyses (particularly the intertextual chs 3 and 4) that will certainly set a template for future Aratean studies. * C. Castelletti, Journal of Roman Studies *
Emma Gee is Lecturer in Classics at the University of St Andrews.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780199781683 |
| ISBN 10 | 0199781680 |
| Title | Aratus and the Astronomical Tradition |
| Author | Emma Gee |
| Series | Classical Culture And Society |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2013-11-14 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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