Aratus: Phaenomena - Rilegato

Douglas Kidd (Editor)

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 052158230X ISBN 13: 9780521582308

Casa editrice: New Publisher, 2021

Riassunto

Aratus of Soli was a highly original poet of the early third century BC, famous throughout antiquity for his didactic epic on constellations and weather signs, and imitated by later Greek and Latin poets. Modelled on Hesiod's Works and Days the poem is cleverly updated to appeal to the interests of contemporary Greek readers. This volume presents for the first time in English an edition of the poem with a full introduction, facing translation and a line-by-line commentary. The introduction explains the literary and scientific background, the characteristic features of Aratus's language, style and metre, and the transmission of the text to the end of the Middle Ages. The commentary gives help with the content of the poem and aims to resolve the many problems of text and interpretation. The text is based on a new reading of the manuscripts, including one not used before.

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Recensione:

' ... the commentary is so rich and detailed and illuminates so much that previously was obscure ... one can only be filled with admiration and gratitude for the painstaking scholarship and devotion that went into the making of this book.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

' ... an excellent edition ... this is a major achievement'. Classics, Ireland

'... a splendid book which every specialist will want to own and every academic library must acquire'. Kevin Lee, CLASSICVM

Descrizione del libro:

Modelled on Hesiod's Works and Days, this is the first English edition of Phaenomena by Aratus, a highly original poet of the early third century BC. It is accompanied by a full introduction, facing-page translation and a line-by-line commentary.

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• Editore: New Publisher
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• ISBN 10: 052158230X
• ISBN 13: 9780521582308
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 616