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Ovid, Aratus and Augustus: Astronomy in Ovid's Fasti

Ovid, Aratus and Augustus: Astronomy in Ovid's Fasti

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Series: Cambridge Classical Studies

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ISBN10: 0521101778
ISBN13: 9780521101776
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Dec 18 2008
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This book explores how astronomy and power were linked in the early Roman Empire. This is achieved by careful study of the Fasti by the Roman poet Ovid--a poem about the Roman calendar that contains many references to and stories about the stars. The author does not study Ovid's stars by using the techniques of mathematical astronomy but aims to combine the methodology of recent genre-based readings with a broad cultural perspective.

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