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On weather signs / Theophrastus of Eresus ; edited by David Sider and Carl Wolfram Brunschon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Theophrastus.
- Series:
- Philosophia antiqua ; v. 104.
- Philosophia antiqua, 0079-1687 ; v. 104
- Standardized Title:
- De signis. English & Greek
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weather forecasting--Early works to 1800.
- Weather forecasting.
- Meteorology--Early works to 1800.
- Meteorology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Theophrastus of Eresus on weather signs
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-246) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-45818-X
- 9786611458188
- 90-474-1179-X
- OCLC:
- 320325901
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004155930.i-267 DOI
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