Ovid, Aratus and Augustus: Astronomy in Ovid's Fasti (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521651875)

This book explores how astronomy and power were linked in the early Roman Empire. This is achieved by careful study of the Fasti by the Roman poet Ovid--a poem about the Roman calendar that contains many references to and stories about the stars. The author does not study Ovid's stars by using the techniques of mathematical astronomy but aims to combine the methodology of recent genre-based readings with a broad cultural perspective.

Author: Emma Gee
ISBN-10: 0521651875
ISBN-13: 9780521651875
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/28/2000
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.74h x 6.92w x 0.69d