Hipparchus’ Didactic Journey: Poetry, Prose, and Catalogue Form in the <i>Commentary on Aratus and Eudoxus</i>

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  • Jessica Lightfoot St John's College University of Oxford

Abstract

Seeking to establish his didactic superiority to prior commentaries on the astronomers, Hipparchus hit upon the catalogue form as expressing his views in the most authoritative way.

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2017-11-21

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