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Arati Phænomena
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Fenómenos. Introducción a los fenómenos.
Fenómenos, tratado de astronomía y meteorología, tuvo gran circulación e influyó a Lucrecio y a Virgilio, entre otros muchos autores latinos, de la Edad Media y el Renacimiento. Arato (Solos, Cilicia, c. 315-c. 240 a.C.) trabajó en la corte macedónica de Antígono II Gónatas, y tal vez estuvo en la corte de Antíoco I en Siria. Escribió varias composiciones, como himnos, epigramas y elegías, pero lo más característico de su producción son los temas científicos. La más célebre de sus obras, y única conservada, los Fenómenos, se ocupa de astronomía y meteorología, y pertenece a la tradición de poesía didáctica que parte de Hesíodo. Tratado claro y de estilo elegante, re...
Fenomens
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Aratus and the Astronomical Tradition
Why were the stars so important in Rome? Their literary presence far outweighs their role as a time-reckoning device, which was, in any case, superseded by the synchronization of the civil and solar years under Julius Caesar. One answer is tied to their usefulness in symbolizing a universe built on "intelligent design." From Plato's time onwards, the stars are most often seen in literature as evidence for a divine plan in the layout and maintenance of the cosmos. Moreover, particularly in the Roman world, divine and human governance came to be linked, one striking manifestation of this being the predicted enjoyment of a celestial afterlife by emperors. Aratus' Phaenomena, a didactic poem in ...
Aratus: Phaenomena
"The Phaenomena is a didactic epic poem modelled on Hesiod's Works and Days and cleverly updated to appeal to contemporary readers interested in new trends in Greek poetry, philosophy and science. Aratus invokes a beneficent Stoic Zeus who has created the constellations and their movements to help men follow the progress of the solar year, and also provides a great variety of signs in sky, air, earth and sea as warnings of weather changes." "This volume presents for the first time in English an edition of the poem with a full introduction, a facing translation and a line by line commentary. The introduction explains the literary and scientific background, the characteristic features of Aratus' 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 discuss and resolve the many problems of text and interpretation caused by Aratus' innovative use of language. The text is based on a new reading of the MSS, including one not used before."--BOOK JACKET.
