Forgotten Stars: Rediscovering Manilius' Astronomica
Green
Green, Steven J.Contributor
Volk, KatharinaContributor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : a century of Manilian scholarship / Katharina Volk -- I: Intellectual and scientific backdrop. More sentiment than science : Roman stargazing before and after Manilius / Elaine Fantham ; Manilius' conflicted Stoicism / Thomas Habinek ; Myth and explanation in Manilius / Daryn Lehoux -- II: Integrity and consistency. Watch this space (getting round 1.215-46) / John Henderson ; On two Stoic 'paradoxes' in Manilius / Wolfgang-Rainer Mann ; Manilian self-contradiction / Katharina Volk ; Arduum ad astra : the poetics and politics of horoscopic failure in Manilius' 'Astronomica' / Steven J. Green -- III: Metaphors. Tropes and figures : Manilian style as a reflection of astrological tradition / Wolfgang Hübner ; Sums in verse or a mathematical aesthetic? / Duncan F. Kennedy ; Census and commercium : two economic metaphors in Manilius / Patrick Glauthier -- IV: Didactic digressions. Digressions, intertextuality, and ideology in didactic poetry : the case of Manilius / Monica R. Gale ; Cosmos and imperium : politicized digressions in Manilius' 'Astronomica' / Josèphe-Henriette Abry ; A song from the universal chorus : the Perseus and Andromeda epyllion / James Uden -- V: Reception. Augustus, Manilius, and Claudiian / Enrico Flores ; Renaissance receptions of Manilius' anthropology / Caroline Stark ; Lorenzo Bonincontri's reception of Manilius' chapter on comets (Astr.1.809-926) / Stephan Heilen.
Manilius, Marcus.
Astrology in literature
Astronomy, Ancient, in literature
Didactic poetry, Latin
Languages & Literatures
Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures