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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Steven J. Green (Honorary Research Fellow, Honorary Research Fellow, University College London)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.70cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.20cm Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9780199646807ISBN 10: 0199646805 Pages: 236 Publication Date: 26 June 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Introduction Part 1: Manilius' Astronomica 2: Manilius Astronomica: A Lesson in Horoscopic Obscurity Part 2: The Rise of Roman Astrology and Caesars Comet 3: The Rise of Astrology in Rome 4: The Beginning and End of the Late-Republican Astrological Debate: The Politicized Philosophical Posturings of Cicero Part 3: Astrology for the Augustan Age 5: To Have and to Hold: Astrology for an Imperial Age 6: Setting Gentlemanly Limits for Imperial Stellar Investigation in VitruviusDe Architectura 7: Concession, Abstinence and Abortion: Horace, Virgil, Hyginus and Ovid 8: Stars and Storms: The Development of Stellar Causation in Astrometeorology 9: Caesars Comet: The Reinvigoration of a Religious Enquiry 10: Turning on the Practitioner: Propertius meets the Charlatan 11: Conclusion: Manilian Dialogues and the Relaxing of Astrological DiscretionReviewsAuthor InformationSteven J. Green is currently Honorary Research Fellow at University College London. He specializes in Roman literature and culture in first centuries BC and AD, with particular attention to the Augustan and Neronian periods. He is author of Ovid, Fasti 1: A Commentary (2004) and co-editor of The Art of Love: Bimillennial Essays on Ovid's Ars Amatoria and Remedia Amoris (OUP 2007) and Forgotten Stars: Rediscovering Manilius' Astronomica (OUP 2011), and has written several articles focused around Roman poetry (especially Ovid) and the interaction between Roman literature and religious experience. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |