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Carmen Astrologicum Elegiacum

AUTHOR Anubio Poeta Astrologus, Dirk; Anubio; Anubio Poeta Astrologus, Dirk et al.
PUBLISHER de Gruyter (12/19/2006)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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This is the editio princeps, based on new papyrus discoveries, of a Greek poem on astrology by an author whose notorious collaborations with Simon Magus is novelistically recounted in the Clementina. A versified handbook of horoscopes and introduction to the sciences, it is the only Greek astrological poem to have been written in elegiac couplets, and ist a new accession to the corpus of didactic poetry in the tradition of Aratus' Phaenomena, Manilius' Astronomica, and Ovid's Fasti. The edition offers a collection and complete re-edition of the remains of the poem's original four books: published and unpublished papyri, plus fragments and testimonia preserved in the secondary tradition.

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ISBN-13: 9783598712289
ISBN-10: 3598712286
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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Page Count: 89
Carton Quantity: 34
Product Dimensions: 5.79 x 0.42 x 8.61 inches
Weight: 0.43 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Price on Product
Country of Origin: DE
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Poetry | Ancient & Classical
Grade Level: Post Graduate - Post Graduate
Dewey Decimal: 881
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007398317
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This is the editio princeps, based on new papyrus discoveries, of a Greek poem on astrology by an author whose notorious collaborations with Simon Magus is novelistically recounted in the Clementina. A versified handbook of horoscopes and introduction to the sciences, it is the only Greek astrological poem to have been written in elegiac couplets, and ist a new accession to the corpus of didactic poetry in the tradition of Aratus' Phaenomena, Manilius' Astronomica, and Ovid's Fasti. The edition offers a collection and complete re-edition of the remains of the poem's original four books: published and unpublished papyri, plus fragments and testimonia preserved in the secondary tradition.

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