Astronomicon
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Astronomicon
（Cambridge library collection, . Classics）
Cambridge University Press, 2010-2011
- v. 1 : pbk
- v. 2 : pbk
- v. 3 : pbk
- v. 4 : pbk
- v. 5 : pbk
- Other Title
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M. Manilii Astronomicon
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Tokyo Metropolitan University Library哲学
v. 1 : pbk/992/Ma44a/110002345942,
v. 2 : pbk/992/Ma44a/210002345959, v. 3 : pbk/992/Ma44a/310002345967, v. 4 : pbk/992/Ma44a/410002345975, v. 5 : pbk/992/Ma44a/510002345983
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Text in English, notes in Latin, and Latin poetry
Original t.p. reads: M. Manilii Astronomicon, recensvit et enarravit A.E. Housman
Reprint. Originally published: Londinii : Apud Grant Richards, 1903-1930
Description and Table of Contents
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v. 4 : pbk ISBN 9781108030540
Description
Both the author and the date of this five-volume poem, the first Western document to link the houses of the zodiac with the course of human affairs, are uncertain. The author's name may be Marcus Manilius, or Manlius, or Mallius, and the latest datable event mentioned in the books themselves is the disastrous defeat of Varus' Roman legions by the German tribes in 9 CE. The writing shows knowledge of the work of Lucretius, but the work is not referred to by any subsequent writer, suggesting that it was never widely disseminated. A manuscript was rediscovered by Poggio Bracciolini in 1416 or 1417, and editions were produced by Scaliger and Bentley, but this immensely erudite edition of 1903-1930 by the scholar and poet A. E. Housman (1859-1936) is regarded as authoritative. Volume 4 describes the influence of the zodiacal signs on the people born under them.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Astronomicon Liber Quartus
- Index.
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v. 5 : pbk ISBN 9781108037969
Description
Both the author and the date of this five-volume poem, the first Western document to link the houses of the zodiac with the course of human affairs, are uncertain. The author's name may be Marcus Manilius, or Manlius, or Mallius, and the latest datable event mentioned in the books themselves is the disastrous defeat of Varus' Roman legions by the German tribes in 9 CE. The writing shows knowledge of the work of Lucretius, but the work is not referred to by any subsequent writer, suggesting that it was never widely disseminated. A manuscript was rediscovered by Poggio Bracciolini in 1416 or 1417, and editions were produced by Scaliger and Bentley, but this immensely erudite edition of 1903-1930 by the scholar and poet A. E. Housman (1859-1936) is regarded as authoritative. Volume 5 (which is unfinished) describes the non-zodiacal signs and their influence.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Astronomicon Liber Quintus
- Addenda
- Index.
- Volume
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v. 1 : pbk ISBN 9781108040471
Description
Both the author and the date of this five-volume poem, the first Western document to link the houses of the zodiac with the course of human affairs, are uncertain. The author's name may be Marcus Manilius, or Manlius, or Mallius, and the latest datable event mentioned in the books themselves is the disastrous defeat of Varus' Roman legions by the German tribes in 9 CE. The writing shows knowledge of the work of Lucretius, but the work is not referred to by any subsequent writer, suggesting that it was never widely disseminated. A manuscript was rediscovered by Poggio Bracciolini in 1416 or 1417, and editions were produced by Scaliger and Bentley, but this immensely erudite edition of 1903-1930 by the scholar and poet A. E. Housman (1859-1936) is regarded as authoritative. Volume 1 covers the creation and arrangement of the heavens and their division into spheres.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Astronomicon Liber Primus
- Index.
- Volume
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v. 2 : pbk ISBN 9781108127585
Description
Both the author and the date of this five-volume poem, the first Western document to link the houses of the zodiac with the course of human affairs, are uncertain. The author's name may be Marcus Manilius, or Manlius, or Mallius, and the latest datable event mentioned in the books themselves is the disastrous defeat of Varus' Roman legions by the German tribes in 9 CE. The writing shows knowledge of the work of Lucretius, but the work is not referred to by any subsequent writer, suggesting that it was never widely disseminated. A manuscript was rediscovered by Poggio Bracciolini in 1416 or 1417, and editions were produced by Scaliger and Bentley, but this immensely erudite edition of 1903-1930 by the scholar and poet A. E. Housman (1859-1936) is regarded as authoritative. Volume 2 describes the signs of the zodiac, their characteristics and their subdivisions.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Astronomicon Liber Secundus
- Index.
- Volume
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v. 3 : pbk ISBN 9781108170635
Description
Both the author and the date of this five-volume poem, the first Western document to link the houses of the zodiac with the course of human affairs, are uncertain. The author's name may be Marcus Manilius, or Manlius, or Mallius, and the latest datable event mentioned in the books themselves is the disastrous defeat of Varus' Roman legions by the German tribes in 9 CE. The writing shows knowledge of the work of Lucretius, but the work is not referred to by any subsequent writer, suggesting that it was never widely disseminated. A manuscript was rediscovered by Poggio Bracciolini in 1416 or 1417, and editions were produced by Scaliger and Bentley, but this immensely erudite edition of 1903-1930 by the scholar and poet A. E. Housman (1859-1936) is regarded as authoritative. Volume 3 describes the working out of horoscopes.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Astronomicon Liber Tertius
- Index.
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