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The poet Aratus was born about 315 B.C. in Soli, a small city near Tarsus on the southeastern coast of Asia Minor in the district known as Cilicia. Because of his birth in Soli, Aratus is sometimes id...
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In the following preface to his translation of Aratus's Phaenomena, Poste briefly summarizes the poet's life and antique commentaries on his writing.
A little observation of the nightly ...
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In the following excerpt, Hutchinson presents a detailed structural, thematic, and linguistic analysis of the Phaenomena.
We consider first Aratus, whose poetic career overlapped with Callimachus�...
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In the following excerpt, Fowler describes Aratus's portrayal of animals, the Stoic worldview, and his indebtedness to Hesiod in the Phaenomena.
Aratus, more obviously than any other Hellenisti...
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In the following essay, Edwards considers the extent to which Saint Paul and Luke may have possessed first-hand knowledge of the Phaenomena of Aratus.
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In the following review, Lewis evaluates Douglas Kidd's prose translation of the Phaenomena, emphasizing its status as the new standard critical edition of the poem in English.
Douglas Kidd is ...
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In the following essay, Gee assesses Cicero's Aratea—a Latin adaptation of Aratus's Phaenomena—comparing two versions of the work and analyzing the symbolic and philosophic...
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In the following review, Plantinga compares J. Martin's French-language critical edition of the Phaenomena, with that of English translator Douglas Kidd, concluding that the two editions as com...
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In the following excerpt, Körte surveys the content of Aratus's Phaenomena, noting its widespread popularity in the classical era.
Aratus was a contemporary of Callimachus, perhaps an ol...
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In the following essay, Sale explores the reputation of Aratus's Phaenomena, discussing the work as a guide to the stars, an astrologer's handbook, and a poetic blend of science and Stoi...
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In the following essay, Solmsen discusses Aratus's depiction of Dike, the maiden goddess of justice, and his vision of the Golden Age in the Phaenomena.
Walther Ludwig's illuminating art...
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In the following excerpt, Levitan identifies three hidden acrostics in the Phaenomena that, he concludes, suggest the concepts of “subtlety, totality, and signification” which inform the...
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In the following excerpt from the introduction to his translation of the Phaenomena, Lombardo remarks on Aratus's poetic vision and provides a structural outline of the poem.
Aratus' Pha...
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In the following essay, Springer notes allusions to Aratus in Virgil's third Eclogue.
In Vergil's third Eclogue the herdsman Menalcas has forgotten the name of one of the two figures car...
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In the following excerpt, Bulloch recounts what is known of Aratus's life and writings.
Apollonius' Argonautica is the only narrative epic to have survived intact from the Hellenistic pe...
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In the following essay, Lovi explores the content and popularity of Aratus's Phaenomena.
Astronomers take the constellations so much for granted that relatively few give much thought to their o...
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Aratus of Soli
Critical Essay by E. Poste
