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On weather signs / Theophrastus of Eresus ; edited by David Sider and Carl Wolfram Brunschön.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Philosophia antiqua ; v. 104 | Brill eBook titles 2007 | Philosophia Antiqua ; 104. | Philosophia Antiqua Online, ISBN: 9789004319752Publisher: Boston : Brill, 2007Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789047411796
Other title:
  • Theophrastus of Eresus on weather signs
Uniform titles:
  • De signis. English & Greek
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: On weather signsDDC classification:
  • 551.63 22
LOC classification:
  • PA4448.D55 .T49 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Preliminary Material / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- Introduction / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- Text And Translation / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- Commentary / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- Appendix [Aristotle]. On The Locations And Names Of The Winds By Victor D’Avella / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- Bibliography / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- Index Of Important Words / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- General Index / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- Index Of Ancient Texts Cited / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider.
Summary: On Weather Signs , traditionally ascribed to Theophrastus, contains the most complete list of such signs in antiquity and it was, in this or some very similar form, consulted by Aratus, Vergil (in Georgics I), and Pliny the Elder, as well as by many other authors throughout the Byzantine period. This edition is the first to take account of all the manuscripts and the commentary, the first in over a century, is on a far grander scale than earlier ones by Schneider (1818-21) and Wood (1894), listing almost all parallel texts for each sign. The introduction places the work in the context of its genre and for the first time lays out the details of its manuscript tradition.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-246) and indexes.

Preliminary Material / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- Introduction / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- Text And Translation / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- Commentary / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- Appendix [Aristotle]. On The Locations And Names Of The Winds By Victor D’Avella / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- Bibliography / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- Index Of Important Words / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- General Index / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider -- Index Of Ancient Texts Cited / C.W. Brunschön and D. Sider.

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On Weather Signs , traditionally ascribed to Theophrastus, contains the most complete list of such signs in antiquity and it was, in this or some very similar form, consulted by Aratus, Vergil (in Georgics I), and Pliny the Elder, as well as by many other authors throughout the Byzantine period. This edition is the first to take account of all the manuscripts and the commentary, the first in over a century, is on a far grander scale than earlier ones by Schneider (1818-21) and Wood (1894), listing almost all parallel texts for each sign. The introduction places the work in the context of its genre and for the first time lays out the details of its manuscript tradition.

Text in Greek with English translation on facing pages; commentary in English.

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