Constellation Myths: With Aratus's Phaenomena
by:
Eratosthenes (author)
"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...
show more
"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 figu
show less
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford World's Classics
Pages no: 210
Edition language: English
TITLE: Eratosthenes & Hyginus - Constellation Myths: with Aratus's Phaenomena AUTHORS: Eratosthenes, Hyginus, Aratus TRANSLATOR: Robin Hard PUBLICATION DATE: 2015 (originally +/- 194 B.C) EDITION: Oxford World's Classics FORMAT: Paperback ISBN-13: 9780198716983 ___________________...
IntroductionGreek and Latin Forms of NamesTable of Ptolemaic ConstellationsNote on OrganizationNote on the Texts and TranslationMaps of the Northern and Southern SkiesEratosthenes and Hyginus, The Mythological Narratives1-4. Constellations of the Arctic Circle--1. Ursa Major, the Great Bear--2. Ursa...
Log in with Facebook 
