Classics 224 /324 - Poetry in Motion:Didactic Poetry and Roman Science

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Wheaton College - Massachusetts

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An introduction to classical poetry through the study of the poetics of observational astronomy. Selections from Vergil's Georgics, Manilius' s Astronomica, and other lyric and epic poets who describe the constellations and the Zodiac. (Joel C. Relihan)

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wheatoncollege.edu

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(508) 285-7722

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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