Vol. 15 No. 1 (1989): XV - 1989, fascicolo 1
Articoli

Manilio tra scienza e filosofia: la dottrina delle comete

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  • Roberta Montanari Caldini
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14601/prometheus-18937

Published 2016-09-17

Keywords

  • Manilius,
  • Pythagoreanism,
  • Plinius Secundus,
  • ancient astronomy
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Abstract

At 1.817-921, Manilius appears to combine the Pythagorean view of comets with a different theory that enjoyed great popularity in Augustan Rome, i.e. that of attraction by sunbeams (cf. Plin. NH 2.94). At any rate, Manilius’ ideology is quite similar to the conception of the relation between astronomy and astrology attested in the Corpus Hermeticum.
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