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Ovid, Aratus and Augustus

Ovid, Aratus and Augustus

Hardcover

Series: Cambridge Classical Studies

General ReferenceAstronomy & Space

ISBN10: 0521651875
ISBN13: 9780521651875
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Mar 28 2000
Pages: 238
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.92 Depth: 8.74
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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