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ARATUS , of See also:

Soli in See also:

CILICIA

Cilicia, See also:

Greek didactic poet, a contemporary of See also:

CALLIMACHUS

Callimachus and See also:

THEOCRITUS

Theocritus, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about 315 B.C. He was invited (about 276) to the See also:

court of Antigonus Gonatas of See also:

MACEDONIA

Macedonia, where he wrote his most famous poem, 4atvbp.eva (Appearances, or Phenomena). He then spent some See also:

time with See also:

ANTIOCHUS

Antiochus I. of See also:

SYRIA

Syria; but subsequently returned to Macedonia, where he died about 245. Aratus's only extant See also:

WORKS

works are two See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short poems, or two fragments of his one poem, written in hexameters; an See also:

IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of a See also:

PROSE

prose See also:

WORK

work on See also:

ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy by See also:

EUDOXUS

Eudoxus of See also:

CNIDUS (mod. Tekir)

Cnidus, and Atooipseia (on See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather signs), chiefly from See also:

THEOPHRASTUS

Theophrastus. The work has all the characteristics of the Alexandrian school of See also:

POETRY

poetry. Although Aratus was ignorant of astronomy, his poem attracted the favourable See also:

NOTICE

notice of distinguished specialists, such as See also:

HIPPARCHUS (fl. 146-126 B.c.)

Hipparchus, who wrote commentaries upon it. Amongst the See also:

Romans it enjoyed a high reputation (See also:

OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, 4mores, i. 15, 16). See also:

CICERO

Cicero, See also:

Caesar Germanicus and See also:

AVIENUS, RUFIUS FESTUS

Avienus translated it; the two last versions and fragments of Cicero's are still extant. See also:

QUINTILIAN [MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIANUS] (C. A.D. 35-95)

Quintilian (Instil. x. 1, 55) is less enthusiastic. See also:

Virgil has imitated the Prognostica to some extentin the Georgics.

One See also:

VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse from the opening invocation to See also:

ZEUS

Zeus has become famous from being quoted by St See also:

Paul (Acts xvii. 28). Several accounts of his See also:

LIFE

life are extant, by See also:

ANONYMOUS

anonymous Greek writers. Editio princeps, 1499; See also:

BUHLE, JOHANN GOTTLIEB (1763-1821)

Buhle, 1793; Maass, 1893; Aratea (1892), Commentariorum in Aratum Reliquiae (1898), by the same. See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

TRANSLATIONS

translations: See also:

Lamb, 1848; Poste, 188o; R. See also:

Brown, 1885; See also:

Prince, 1895. On recently discovered fragments, see H. I. See also:

Bell, in Classical Quarterly, See also:

APRIL

April 1907; also Berliner Klassikertexte, Heft v. 1, PP. 47-54.

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