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Marcus Manilius
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Both the author and the date of this five-volume poem, the first
Western document to link the houses of the zodiac with the course
of human affairs, are uncertain. The author's name may be Marcus
Manilius, or Manlius, or Mallius, and the latest datable event
mentioned in the books themselves is the disastrous defeat of
Varus' Roman legions by the German tribes in 9 CE. The writing
shows knowledge of the work of Lucretius, but the work is not
referred to by any subsequent writer, suggesting that it was never
widely disseminated. A manuscript was rediscovered by Poggio
Bracciolini in 1416 or 1417, and editions were produced by Scaliger
and Bentley, but this immensely erudite edition of 1903 1930 by the
scholar and poet A. E. Housman (1859 1936) is regarded as
authoritative. Volume 2 describes the signs of the zodiac, their
characteristics and their subdivisions.
Both the author and the date of this five-volume poem, the first
Western document to link the houses of the zodiac with the course
of human affairs, are uncertain. The author's name may be Marcus
Manilius, or Manlius, or Mallius, and the latest datable event
mentioned in the books themselves is the disastrous defeat of
Varus' Roman legions by the German tribes in 9 CE. The writing
shows knowledge of the work of Lucretius, but the work is not
referred to by any subsequent writer, suggesting that it was never
widely disseminated. A manuscript was rediscovered by Poggio
Bracciolini in 1416 or 1417, and editions were produced by Scaliger
and Bentley, but this immensely erudite edition of 1903 1930 by the
scholar and poet A. E. Housman (1859 1936) is regarded as
authoritative. Volume 3 describes the working out of horoscopes.
Both the author and the date of this five-volume poem, the first
Western document to link the houses of the zodiac with the course
of human affairs, are uncertain. The author's name may be Marcus
Manilius, or Manlius, or Mallius, and the latest datable event
mentioned in the books themselves is the disastrous defeat of
Varus' Roman legions by the German tribes in 9 CE. The writing
shows knowledge of the work of Lucretius, but the work is not
referred to by any subsequent writer, suggesting that it was never
widely disseminated. A manuscript was rediscovered by Poggio
Bracciolini in 1416 or 1417, and editions were produced by Scaliger
and Bentley, but this immensely erudite edition of 1903 1930 by the
scholar and poet A. E. Housman (1859 1936) is regarded as
authoritative. Volume 4 describes the influence of the zodiacal
signs on the people born under them.
Both the author and the date of this five-volume poem, the first
Western document to link the houses of the zodiac with the course
of human affairs, are uncertain. The author's name may be Marcus
Manilius, or Manlius, or Mallius, and the latest datable event
mentioned in the books themselves is the disastrous defeat of
Varus' Roman legions by the German tribes in 9 CE. The writing
shows knowledge of the work of Lucretius, but the work is not
referred to by any subsequent writer, suggesting that it was never
widely disseminated. A manuscript was rediscovered by Poggio
Bracciolini in 1416 or 1417, and editions were produced by Scaliger
and Bentley, but this immensely erudite edition of 1903 1930 by the
scholar and poet A. E. Housman (1859 1936) is regarded as
authoritative. Volume 5 (which is unfinished) describes the
non-zodiacal signs and their influence.
Both the author and the date of this five-volume poem, the first
Western document to link the houses of the zodiac with the course
of human affairs, are uncertain. The author's name may be Marcus
Manilius, or Manlius, or Mallius, and the latest datable event
mentioned in the books themselves is the disastrous defeat of
Varus' Roman legions by the German tribes in 9 CE. The writing
shows knowledge of the work of Lucretius, but the work is not
referred to by any subsequent writer, suggesting that it was never
widely disseminated. A manuscript was rediscovered by Poggio
Bracciolini in 1416 or 1417, and editions were produced by Scaliger
and Bentley, but this immensely erudite edition of 1903 1930 by the
scholar and poet A. E. Housman (1859 1936) is regarded as
authoritative. Volume 1 covers the creation and arrangement of the
heavens and their division into spheres.
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LibraryT165913Londini: typis Henrici Woodfall, sumptibus Pauli et
Isaaci Vaillant, 1739. xvi,307, 5]p., plates: port.; 4
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