Ovid, Aratus and Augustus

Emma Ruth Grenville Gee

doi:10.2277/0521651875

Ovid, Aratus and Augustus

Emma Ruth Grenville Gee

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This book aims to study the astronomical material in Ovid's 'Fasti' in the light of literary influence and cultural context. It tests he assumption that the stars in the 'Fasti' are influenced by the 'Phaenomena' of Aratus, and discusses the value of astronomical didactic writing in Augustan Rome.

Original language	English
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
ISBN (Print)	0 521 65187 5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2277/0521651875
Publication status	Published - 2000

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