Aratus
Sign in to savethumb|right|220px|Aratus of Soli Aratus (; ; c. 315/310 240 BC) was a Greek didactic poet. His major extant work is his hexameter poem Phenomena (, Phainómena, "Appearances"; ), the first half of which is a verse setting of a lost work of the same name by Eudoxus of Cnidus. It describes the constellations and other celestial phenomena. The second half is called the Diosemeia (Διοσημεῖα "Forecasts"), and is chiefly about weather lore. Although Aratus was somewhat ignorant of Greek astronomy, his poem was very popular in the Greek and Roman world, as is proven by the large number of commentaries
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- Born
- 0315-01-01
- Died
- 0240-01-01
- Works
- 58
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- Arati Solensis Phaenomena et prognostica interpretibvs M. Tvllio Cicerone, Rvfo Festo Avieno, Germanico Caesare
- Poetae bucolici et didactici. Theocritus, Bion, Moschus...Nicander, Oppianus, Marcellus de piscibus, poeta de herbis...Phile de animalibus, elephante, plantis,etc...poetarum de re physica et medica reliquias...Aratus, Manethonis, Maximi et aliorum astrologica recensuit et dissertatione instruxit Arminus Koechly. Graece et latine
- Rvfvs Festvs Avienivs. vc. Flaviano myrmeico. vc. svo salvtem
- Aratou Soleōs phainomena kai Diosēmeia
- Carmina et fragmenta carminum familiae Caesareae, hoc est, Caesaris Germanici, quae extant, opera omnia cum Latina, tum Graeca
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 315 BCE
- Died
- 1 January 240 BCE
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Soli
- Sibling
- Athenodorus of Soli
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Ancient Greek
- Student of
- Menecrates of Ephesus
- Image
- Aratos von Soloi.jpg
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Life
- Writings
- ''Phenomena''
- Published editions
- ''Diosemeia''
- Later influence
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|220px|Aratus of Soli Aratus (; ; c. 315/310 240 BC) was a Greek didactic poet. His major extant work is his hexameter poem Phenomena (, Phainómena, "Appearances"; ), the first half of which is a verse setting of a lost work of the same name by Eudoxus of Cnidus. It describes the constellations and other celestial phenomena. The second half is called the Diosemeia (Διοσημεῖα "Forecasts"), and is chiefly about weather lore. Although Aratus was somewhat ignorant of Greek astronomy, his poem was very popular in the Greek and Roman world, as is proven by the large number of commentaries and Latin translations, some of which survive.
==Life== There are several accounts of Aratus's life by anonymous Greek writers, and the Suda and Eudocia also mention him. From these it appears that he was a native of Soli in Cilicia (although one authority says Tarsus). He is known to have studied with Menecrates in Ephesus and Philitas in Cos. As a disciple of the Peripatetic philosopher Praxiphanes, in Athens, he met the Stoic philosopher Zeno, as well as Callimachus of Cyrene and Menedemus, the founder of the Eretrian school. He was the son of Athenodoros, and also had a brother with this name.