Aratus of Soli was a third century BC didactic poet at the court of Antigonus Gonatas of Macedonia, where he wrote his famous astronomical poem Phaenomena (Appearances). It describes the constellations and other celestial phenomena, while the latte...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-May-2015, PDF+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191026522)
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 th...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 14-May-2015, EPUB+DRM, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191026539)
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 th...Lasīt vairāk
After the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Phaenomena was the most widely read poem in the ancient world. Its fame was immediate. It was translated into Latin by Ovid and Cicero and quoted by St. Paul in the New Testament, and it was one of the few Greek p...Lasīt vairāk
After the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Phaenomena was the most widely read poem in the ancient world. Its fame was immediate. It was translated into Latin by Ovid and Cicero and quoted by St. Paul in the New Testament, and it was one of the few Greek p...Lasīt vairāk
