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Constellation Myths: with Aratus's Phaenomena (Oxford World's Classics)

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"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 figures from legend, and myths were provided to explain how each person, creature, or object came to be placed in the sky. Thus we can see Heracles killing the Dragon, and Perseus slaying the sea-monster to save Andromeda; Orion chases the seven maidens transformed by Zeus into the Pleiades, and Aries, the golden ram, is identified flying up to the heavens.

This translation brings together the later summaries from Eratosthenes's lost handbook with a guide to astronomy compiled by Hyginus, librarian to Augustus. Together with Aratus's astronomical poem the Phaenomena, these texts provide a complete collection of Greek astral myths; imaginative and picturesque, they also offer an intriguing insight into ancient science and culture.


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    English
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    7.83 x 0.35 x 4.86 inches
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An imaginative and picturesque complete collection of Greek astral myths.

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Robin Hard has translated Apollodorus's Library of Greek Mythology, Diogenes's Sayings and Anecdotes, Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, and Epictetus's Discourses, Fragments, Handbook for Oxford World's Classics. He is the author of the Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology (2004).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press (August 1, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198716982
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198716983
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.83 x 0.35 x 4.86 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent translation and commentary
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2017
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My chief motivation for purchasing this book was that it provided a prose translation of Aratus' Phaenomena, a book that is very influential in the history of astronomical culture and was a best seller in Antiquity; it was quoted in the Bible and the Greek Anthology. It's surprisingly hard to find faithful translations of it; many that are available are old-fashioned and try to render the Greek verse into English rhymes, and the result, as you might expect, is not good and is a poor paraphrase of Aratus' fluid verse.
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Diane Woods
5.0 out of 5 stars I love it!
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Imagine reading the thoughts of the man who defined the word 'geography' and described the circumference of the earth ... Eratosthenes.
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Stefano Nikolaou
5.0 out of 5 stars A Bargin
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2017
What a bargain! You get three ancient texts in one volume. The Phaenomena of Aratus has been translated before (in the Loeb Classical Library and the Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries series) but this is the newest and cheapest. Hyginus (who wrote in Latin) has also been previously translated (in an obscure and out of print edition). However the epitome of the Catasterism of Eratosthenes has never before been translated.

I found the format helpful. Robin Hard has 50 constellations. Under each he translates the sections of Eratosthenes and Hygenius and then supplies a short commentary. There are plenty of famous myths like Orion and Capricorn but also plenty obscure ones. It is a nice read in a fluent English translation. Well worth the money.
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Jill
5.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable
Reviewed in Italy on April 14, 2022
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There is something mystical about star-myths, and if you are fascinated by astronomy and Greek-Roman mythology like me you should read this book. It is a text full of long winded details but If you are determinate to get to know constellations and their meaning you might find this book useful !
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Rabirius
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, much recommended
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 9, 2021
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Excellent edition with excellent introduction and commentary. Why aren't there more editions of this level of scholarship that are as readable?
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History guy
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read
Reviewed in Germany on January 17, 2021
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Great book to learn all the myths behind the constellations, images would have made it better, but it is still an excellent book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on June 9, 2018
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Cat Weaver
5.0 out of 5 stars Packed Full of Information
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2015
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I have bought this as a Christmas present so it's not been read yet, but from having a quick look it appears to have all the constellation stories in it which is what my daughter wanted. It looks like it will be heavy reading as the print is small so there is a lot of information in the book. This isn't a child's book.
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