Astronomica
By: Manilius ; with an English translation by G. P. Goold.
Series: The Loeb classical library ;; 469
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 387
Subjects: Didactic poetry, Latin -- Translations into English; Astrology -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy, Ancient -- Poetry; Astrology -- Poetry
Description: In Astronomica (first century CE), the earliest extant treatise we have on astrology, Manilius provides an account of celestial phenomena and the signs of the Zodiac. He also gives witty character sketches of persons born under particular constellations.
Notes: Bibliography: p. cxiii-cxxii.
Latin and English on opposite pages.
Includes index.