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Phaenomena

Modelled on Hesiod's Works and Days, this is the first English edition of Phaenomena by Aratus, a highly original poet of the early third century BC. It is accompanied by a full introduction, facing-page translation and a line-by-line commentary.
Print Book, English, dr. 2004
Digital print. 2004 View all formats and editions
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, dr. 2004
Poezja epicka grecka
XXIII, [1], 590 s. ; 23 cm.
9780521582308, 9780521607124, 052158230X, 0521607124
1000021232
Introduction: 1. Life of Aratus; 2. The Phaenomena; 3. The astronomy and weather signs; 4. Language, style and the hexameter; 5. Contemporary and later poets; 6. Scholia and commentators; 7. Text and manuscripts; Text and Translation; Commentary; Indexes.
Tekst równol. grec. i tł. ang., wstęp i koment ang