Synopses & Reviews
This book explores how astronomy and power were linked in the early Roman Empire.
Review
"The book's editorirla work is generally excellent....The principal merit of G.'s study is that it provides a detailed and thoughtful analysis of Aratus' astropoetic and Augustus' propagandistic influence on Ovid's Fasti....(The book) deserves a place especially on the shelves of those interested in the Fasti and in the Nachleben of Aratus." Classical Bulletin
Synopsis
The astronomical material in Ovid's Fasti has been overlooked. It is this material which is the subject of this book.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-218) and indexes.
Table of Contents
Introduction; 1. Calendrical astronomy?; 2. Astronomy and genre; 3. Verse and universe in Aratus' Phaenomena; 4. Vesta and the architecture of the Fasti; 5. Roman Aratus; 6. The metamorphosis of time; Epilogue; Appendix 1. Aratean echoes in the Fasti; Appendix 2. Technical problems of Ovid's astronomy.