Translating the heavens : Aratus, Germanicus, and the poetics of Latin translation /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Possanza, D. Mark
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Peter Lang, [2004]
Series:	Lang classical studies ; v. 14.
Subjects:	Germanicus Caesar, > 15 B.C.-19 A.D. > Phaenomena. Germanicus Caesar, > 15 B.C.-19 A.D. > Knowledge > Language and languages. Aratus, > Solensis. > Phaenomena. Didactic poetry, Greek > Translations into Latin > History and criticism. Didactic poetry, Latin > History and criticism. Greek language > Translating into Latin. Translating and interpreting > Rome. Astronomy, Ancient, in literature. Planets in literature.

Table of Contents:

A new phenomenon
Intertraffique of the minde : a critical description of poetic translation in Latin
The cosmographical glass : Aratus's Phaenomena
A second original
Doctus poeta
Appendix A : Authorship and date
Appendix B : A disputed reading
Bibliography
Index of passages
Index of subjects.