M Manilii Astronomica
DOWNLOAD
Download M Manilii Astronomica PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get M Manilii Astronomica book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Forgotten Stars
DOWNLOAD
Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Forgotten Stars written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Astrology in literature categories.
This is a collection of essays on the 'Astronomica' of Manilius a poem which purports to teach the reader the art of astrology and the means by which an accurate horoscope may be cast. In this book an international team of scholars analyse this dynamic poem from a variety of perspectives.
Forgotten Stars
DOWNLOAD
Author : Steven J. Green
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Forgotten Stars written by Steven J. Green and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with History categories.
The Astronomica of Manilius is a poem in five books, at least partly written under the Emperor Augustus, which purports to teach the reader the art of astrology and the means by which an accurate horoscope may be cast. It is, therefore, a text from the classical age of Roman literature which deals with a topic to whose enduring popular interest any daily Western newspaper will testify. And yet, despite some notable modern exceptions, the infamously harsh verdict of Manilius' most ardent modern critic, A. E. Housman, continues to cast an imposing shadow on the poem. Forgotten Stars seeks to lift this shadow once and for all, as it brings together an international contingent of scholars to analyse this dynamic poem from a variety of perspectives. Matters of literary interest are complemented by approaches which assess the work's socio-political, philosophical, scientific, and astrological resonance, as well as its influence on later Renaissance writers.
Manilius And His Intellectual Background
DOWNLOAD
Author : Katharina Volk
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2009-02-12
Manilius And His Intellectual Background written by Katharina Volk and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-12 with Literary Collections categories.
This is the first English-language monograph on Marcus Manilius, a Roman poet of the first century AD, whose Astronomica is our earliest extant comprehensive treatment of astrology. Katharina Volk brings Manilius and his world alive for modern readers by exploring the manifold intellectual traditions that have gone into shaping the Astronomica: ancient astronomy and cosmology, the history and practice of astrology, the historical and political situation at the poem's composition, the poetic and generic conventions that inform it, and the philosophical underpinnings of Manilius' world-view. What emerges is a panoroma of the cultural imagination of the Early Empire, a fascinating picture of the ways in which educated Greeks and Romans were accustomed to think and speak about the cosmos and man's place in it.
Disclosure And Discretion In Roman Astrology
DOWNLOAD
Author : Steven J. Green
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2014-06-26
Disclosure And Discretion In Roman Astrology written by Steven J. Green and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-26 with History categories.
In light of modern scepticism towards the practice, it is easy to overlook just how important a role astrology played in the career of Rome's first Emperor, Augustus. Augustus' enthusiasm for employing astrological predictions and symbols to cement his own position of power was matched by an equally forceful desire to restrict their use by his political rivals. Astrology in Rome was, then, to use Tacitus' neat formulation, both 'forbidden and maintained' (Tacitus, Histories, 1.22). This volume is the first to take seriously this imperial complex as a key to understanding the diverse ways in which contemporary commentators handle the volatile topic of astrology in their writings. It shows how Roman writers engage in elaborate discourses of discretion as they simultaneously celebrate the power of astrology and shy away from the sort of astrological revelations that might offend imperial sensibilities. With a particular focus on the key astrological poem of Manilius, this study provides a new conceptual framework in which to appreciate the complex treatments of astrology during the period of Octavian/Augustus.
The Sphere Of Marcus Manilius Made An English Poem
DOWNLOAD
Author : Marcus Manilius
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1675
The Sphere Of Marcus Manilius Made An English Poem written by Marcus Manilius and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1675 with Astronomers categories.
Manilius Astronomica
DOWNLOAD
Author : Marco Manilio
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Manilius Astronomica written by Marco Manilio and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with categories.
Manilius Astronomica Buch V
DOWNLOAD
Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Manilius Astronomica Buch V written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
Recently there has been a constant increase in secondary literature on Manilius' cosmological didactic poem, written in the late-Augustan/early-Tiberian period. However, a concentration on ideological-political or narratological perspectives means that attention has been focused on individual passages, prooemia, excurses or other marginal sections, while the main material, the astrological teachings, have been neglected. However, above all in the last century, our knowledge of astrology has been significantly furthered by numerous (new) editions of the works of Teukros of Babylon, Dorotheos, Vettius Valens and Hephaistion. These texts are particularly important for our understanding of the fifth book of the Astronomica.
Astronomica Engl
DOWNLOAD
Author : Marcus Manilius
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1977
Astronomica Engl written by Marcus Manilius and has been published by Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Astrology categories.
Marcus Manilius, who lived in the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, is the author of the earliest treatise on astrology we possess. His Astronomica, a Latin didactic poem in five books, begins with an account of celestial phenomena, and then proceeds to treat of the signs of the zodiac and the twelve temples; there follow instructions for calculating the horoscoping degree, and details of chronocrators, decans, injurious degrees, zodiacal geography, paranatellonta, and other technical matters. Besides exhibiting great virtuosity in rendering mathematical tables and diagrams in verse form, the poet writes with some passion about his Stoic beliefs and shows much wit and humour in his character sketches of persons born under particular stars. Perhaps taking a lead from Virgil in his Georgics, Manilius abandons the proportions of his last book to narrate the story of Perseus and Andromeda at considerable length. In spite of its undoubted elegance, the Astronomica is a difficult work, and this edition provides in addition to the first English prose translation a full guide to the poem, with copious explanatory notes and illustrative figures.
M Manilivs Astronomica
DOWNLOAD
Author : Marcus Manilius
language : la
Publisher:
Release Date : 1908
M Manilivs Astronomica written by Marcus Manilius and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1908 with Astrology categories.
Manilius Astronomica
DOWNLOAD
Author : Marcus Manilius
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Manilius Astronomica written by Marcus Manilius and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Astrology categories.