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Constellation Myths: with Aratus's Phaenomena [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 256 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 199x128x15 mm, weight: 192 g, 2 maps of the constellations, 1 diagram
  • Serija: Oxford World's Classics
  • Išleidimo metai: 14-May-2015
  • Leidėjas: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0198716982
  • ISBN-13: 9780198716983
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 256 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 199x128x15 mm, weight: 192 g, 2 maps of the constellations, 1 diagram
  • Serija: Oxford World's Classics
  • Išleidimo metai: 14-May-2015
  • Leidėjas: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0198716982
  • ISBN-13: 9780198716983
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Raktažodžiai:
"Athena seized the writhing serpent and hurled it into the sky, and fixed it to the very pole of the heavens."

The constellations we recognize today were first mapped by the ancient Greeks, who arranged the stars into patterns for that purpose. In the third century BC Eratosthenes compiled a handbook of astral mythology in which the constellations were associated with figures from legend, and myths were provided to explain how each person, creature, or object came to be placed in the sky. Thus we can see Heracles killing the Dragon, and Perseus slaying the sea-monster to save Andromeda; Orion chases the seven maidens transformed by Zeus into the Pleiades, and Aries, the golden ram, is identified flying up to the heavens.

This translation brings together the later summaries from Eratosthenes's lost handbook with a guide to astronomy compiled by Hyginus, librarian to Augustus. Together with Aratus's astronomical poem thePhaenomena, these texts provide a complete collection of Greek astral myths; imaginative and picturesque, they also offer an intriguing insight into ancient science and culture.


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Recenzijos

Highly recommended. * Anna Maria Polidori, Al Femminile * A useful, inexpensive, and comprehensive vade-mecum of the mythology that surrounds the constellations * Colin Leach, Classics for All *

Introduction ix
Greek and Latin Forms of Names xxxv
Table of Ptolemaic Constellations
xxxvi
Note on Organization xxxvii
Note on the Texts and Translation xli
Maps of the Northern and Southern Skies
xliii
THE MYTHOLOGICAL NARRATIVES
1--4 CONSTELLATIONS OF THE ARCTIC CIRCLE
1 Ursa Major, the Great Bear
3(5)
2 Ursa Minor, the Little Bear
8(4)
3 Draco, the Dragon
12(2)
4 Cepheus
14(2)
5--13 CONSTELLATIONS BETWEEN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE AND THE SUMMER TROPIC
5 Perseus
16(2)
6 Andromeda
18(1)
7 Cassiopeia, known in the ancient world as Cassiepeia
19(1)
8 Cygnus, the Swan, originally known as the Bird
20(3)
9 Lyra, the Lyre
23(3)
10 Hercules, originally known as Engonasin, the Kneeler
26(5)
11 Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, originally known as the Crown
31(4)
12 Bootes, the Oxherd, also known as Arctophylax, the Bear-guard
35(6)
13 Auriga, the Charioteer; with the associated star-group of the Goat and Kids
41(7)
14--20 CONSTELLATIONS BETWEEN THE SUMMER TROPIC AND THE EQUATOR
14 Triangulum, the Triangle, also known in the ancient world as Deltoton
48(1)
15 Pegasus, originally known as the Horse
49(4)
16 Sagitta, the Arrow
53(3)
17 Aquila, the Eagle
56(3)
18--19 Ophiuchus, the Serpent-bearer, and the Serpent
59(5)
20 Canis Minor, the Little Dog, known to the Greeks as Procyon
64(2)
21--32 CONSTELLATIONS OF THE ZODIAC
21 Cancer, the Crab; with the associated star-group of the Asses
66(3)
22 Leo, the Lion; with the neighbouring constellation of Coma Berenices, Berenice's Hair
69(3)
23 Virgo, the Maiden
72(2)
24--25 Scorpius, the Scorpion, and the Claws (or Libra, the Scales)
74(2)
26 Sagittarius, the Archer
76(3)
27 Capricornus, Capricorn
79(2)
28 Aquarius, the Water-pourer
81(2)
29 Pisces, the Fishes
83(3)
30 Taurus, the Bull; with the associated star-clusters of the Pleiades and Hyades
86(8)
31 Aries, the Ram
94(4)
32 Gemini, the Twins
98(3)
33--39 CONSTELLATIONS BETWEEN THE EQUATOR AND THE WINTER TROPIC
33 Orion
101(4)
34 Cetus, the Sea-monster
105(1)
35 Delphinus, the Dolphin
106(4)
36, 37, 38 Hydra, the Water-snake, with Crater, the Bowl, and Corvus, the Crow
110(4)
39 Canis Major, the Great Dog
114(4)
40--46 CONSTELLATIONS BETWEEN THE WINTER TROPIC AND THE ANTARCTIC CIRCLE
40 Ara, the Altar
118(1)
41,42 Centaurus, the Centaur, and Lupus, the Wolf, originally known as the Beast
119(3)
43 Lepus, the Hare
122(2)
44 Argo
124(2)
45 Eridanus
126(2)
46 Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish
128(2)
47--50 THE MILKY CIRCLE, PLANETS, AND CONSTELLATIONS OF LATE ORIGIN
47 The Planets
130(2)
48 The Milky Circle
132(2)
49 Equuleus, the Foal
134(1)
50 Corona Australis, the Southern Crown
135(4)
ARATUS, PHAENOMENA
I The Constellations
139(11)
II Measuring of Time through Observation of the Heavens
150(7)
III Weather Signs
157(11)
Appendix: Extracts from Geminos, Introduction to the `Phaenomena' 168(5)
Explanatory Notes 173(28)
Index 201
Robin Hard has translated Apollodorus' Library of Greek Mythology, Diogenes' Sayings and Anecdotes, Marcus Aurelius Meditations, and Epictetus Discourses, Fragments, Handbook for Oxford World's Classics. He is the author of the Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology (2004).