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Parua figura poli : Ovid's Vestalia ( Fasti 6.249–468) and the Phaenomena of Aratus

1998; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 43; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1017/s0068673500002121

2053-5899

Emma Gee,

Historical Astronomy and Related Studies

arte Syracosia suspensus in aere clauso stat globus, immensi parua figura poli (Ovid, Fasti 6.277–8) ‘The astronomy in the Fasti is indebted to Aratus, as was presumably Ovid's own Phaenomena ’. The relationship between the astronomical material in Ovid's Fasti and the astronomical poem by Aratus of Soli, composed under the auspices of Antigonus Gonatas in about 278 B.C., is indisputable; but the nature of this relationship has not been explored. Such an exploration may add a new layer of meaning to Ovid's poem, as an entity which responds not only to aetiological models but also to ‘scientific’ didactic models.