Phaenomena

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Phaenomena is an influential didactic poem by the Hellenistic poet Aratus that describes constellations, weather signs, and celestial phenomena, blending astronomy with mythology.

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instanceOf ancient Greek poem
didactic poem
associatedWith Stoic interest in natural signs
author Aratus NERFINISHED
Aratus of Soli NERFINISHED
basedOn astronomical work of Eudoxus of Cnidus
circulatedIn Greek-speaking world
Roman world
contains astronomical section
meteorological section
mythological explanations of constellations
dateWritten 3rd century BCE
describes circles of the celestial sphere
fixed stars
risings and settings of constellations
signs for predicting weather
zodiac constellations
field ancient astronomy
astrology
meteorology
genre astronomical poetry
didactic poetry
hasLatinTranslationBy Avienus NERFINISHED
Cicero NERFINISHED
Germanicus Julius Caesar NERFINISHED
hasPart Diosemeia NERFINISHED
influenced Avienus NERFINISHED
Cicero NERFINISHED
Germanicus Julius Caesar NERFINISHED
Latin didactic poetry
later star catalog traditions
language Ancient Greek
literaryPeriod Hellenistic period NERFINISHED
mainTheme astronomy
celestial phenomena
constellations
mythology
weather signs
placeOfOrigin Hellenistic Greece NERFINISHED
preservedAs part of the Aratean corpus
structure hexameter verse
subjectOf commentaries in antiquity
titleMeaning Appearances
usedFor teaching constellations and weather lore in antiquity

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Euclid notableWork Phaenomena