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Description:Marcus Manilius is a Latin author of the early 1st century CE, who wrote a five book astrological and Stoic poem, dedicated to the emperor Augustus. Little is known about the author, even his full name is uncertain, and his poem has received scant academic interest. The latest firm date of the poem is the disastrous defeat of Varus' legions by the German tribes in 9 CE. The writing shows the author to be well read and knowledge of his subject, but the work is not referred to by any subsequent writer, suggesting that it was never widely disseminated.A manuscript was rediscovered by Poggio Bracciolini in 1416 or 1417, and editions of the poem were produced by Scaliger and Bentley, however, the definitive text of the poem is the erudite version by the distinguished Latin scholar and poet A. E. Housman (1859-1936). Housman's five-volume critical edition of Marcus Manilius's Astronomicon has long been regarded as the definitive work on the subject. The task of bringing the edition together was one of considerable proportion which took Housman twenty-seven years to complete (1903-1930). It is now considered one of his most enduring and important contributions to scholarship.Volume 1 covers the creation and arrangement of the heavens and their division into spheres.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Astronomicon, Volume 1. To get started finding Astronomicon, Volume 1, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Marcus Manilius is a Latin author of the early 1st century CE, who wrote a five book astrological and Stoic poem, dedicated to the emperor Augustus. Little is known about the author, even his full name is uncertain, and his poem has received scant academic interest. The latest firm date of the poem is the disastrous defeat of Varus' legions by the German tribes in 9 CE. The writing shows the author to be well read and knowledge of his subject, but the work is not referred to by any subsequent writer, suggesting that it was never widely disseminated.A manuscript was rediscovered by Poggio Bracciolini in 1416 or 1417, and editions of the poem were produced by Scaliger and Bentley, however, the definitive text of the poem is the erudite version by the distinguished Latin scholar and poet A. E. Housman (1859-1936). Housman's five-volume critical edition of Marcus Manilius's Astronomicon has long been regarded as the definitive work on the subject. The task of bringing the edition together was one of considerable proportion which took Housman twenty-seven years to complete (1903-1930). It is now considered one of his most enduring and important contributions to scholarship.Volume 1 covers the creation and arrangement of the heavens and their division into spheres.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Astronomicon, Volume 1. To get started finding Astronomicon, Volume 1, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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