Astronomica (Loeb Classical Library)

by Manilius (Author)

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Hardcover
1989
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In Astronomica (first century CE), the earliest extant treatise we have on astrology, Manilius provides an account of celestial phenomena and the signs of the Zodiac. He also gives witty character sketches of persons born under particular constellations.

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In Astronomica (first century CE), the earliest extant treatise we have on astrology, Manilius provides an account of celestial phenomena and the signs of the Zodiac. He also gives witty character sketches of persons born under particular constellations.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 528
Publisher: Loeb
Published: 01 Jul 1989
ISBN 10: 0674995163
ISBN 13: 9780674995161

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Perhaps the most ingenious...of Latin poets [is here translated by] a distinguished Latinist, deeply versed in celestial lore...[Manilius] is faithfully conveyed in a style both lucid and elegant.--D. R. Shackleton Bailey Classical Philology

Astronomica (Loeb Classical Library)

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