Aratus of Soli

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Hellenistic poet ancient Greek poet astronomical poet didactic poet

Aratus of Soli was a Hellenistic Greek poet best known for his didactic astronomical poem "Phaenomena," which profoundly influenced later Greek and Roman literature.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Aratus	2
Aratus of Soli canonical	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic poet ⓘ ancient Greek poet ⓘ astronomical poet ⓘ didactic poet ⓘ
activity	composed a poetic description of the constellations and weather signs ⓘ
approximateBirthDate	c. 315 BCE ⓘ
approximateDeathDate	c. 240 BCE ⓘ
associatedWith	Hellenistic astronomy ⓘ Stoic philosophy ⓘ
basedOn	Eudoxus of Cnidus’ astronomical writings NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace	Soli (Cilicia, Asia Minor) NERFINISHED ⓘ Soli in Cilicia NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
courtPoetOf	Antigonus II Gonatas NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Hellenistic Greek culture ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
floruit	3rd century BCE ⓘ
genre	astrological poetry ⓘ astronomical poetry ⓘ didactic poetry ⓘ
givenName	Aratus NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ Germanicus NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek literature ⓘ Latin didactic poets ⓘ Manilius NERFINISHED ⓘ Ovid NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman literature ⓘ Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ later astronomical writers ⓘ
influencedBy	Eudoxus of Cnidus NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWork	Ancient Greek ⓘ
metricalForm	dactylic hexameter ⓘ
name	Aratus of Soli NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ
notableWork	Diosemeia NERFINISHED ⓘ Phaenomena NERFINISHED ⓘ Phenomena NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	author ⓘ poet ⓘ
patron	Antigonus II Gonatas NERFINISHED ⓘ
quotedBy	St Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ
quotedIn	Acts 17:28 (New Testament, traditionally attributed to a line from Aratus) NERFINISHED ⓘ
reception	highly esteemed in antiquity ⓘ
region	Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Cilicia NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOfWork	astrology ⓘ astronomy ⓘ constellations ⓘ weather signs ⓘ
timePeriod	Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
workType	didactic poem ⓘ hexameter poem ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hellenistic poetry → hasNotableAuthor → Aratus of Soli ⓘ

Georgics → influencedBy → Aratus of Soli ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aratus

Life of Aratus → alsoKnownAs → Aratus of Soli ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aratus