Theophrastus of Eresus : On Weather Signs.

By: TheophrastusContributor(s): Brunschön, Carl Wolfram | Sider, DavidMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Philosophia Antiqua SerPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2006Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (279 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789047411796Subject(s): Meteorology -- Early works to 1800 | Weather forecasting -- Early works to 1800Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Theophrastus of Eresus : On Weather SignsDDC classification: 551.63 LOC classification: QC995.T49 2007Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1) Predicting the weather -- 2) Writing it down -- 3) Origin of De Signis (preliminary considerations) -- 4) Survey of ancient weather literature -- 5) Structure of De Signis -- 6) The Nature of De Signis -- 7) How accurate are the weather signs -- 8) Authorship reconsidered -- 9) Textual tradition -- TEXT AND TRANSLATION -- COMMENTARY -- APPENDIX [ARISTOTLE] ON THE LOCATIONS AND NAMES OF THE WINDS --- Victor D'Avella -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF IMPORTANT WORDS -- GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX OF ANCIENT TEXTS CITED.
Summary: This text and commentary is the first to take account of all the manuscripts and to place the work in its historical and scientific context, as well as the first to describe its manuscript tradition.
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PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1) Predicting the weather -- 2) Writing it down -- 3) Origin of De Signis (preliminary considerations) -- 4) Survey of ancient weather literature -- 5) Structure of De Signis -- 6) The Nature of De Signis -- 7) How accurate are the weather signs -- 8) Authorship reconsidered -- 9) Textual tradition -- TEXT AND TRANSLATION -- COMMENTARY -- APPENDIX [ARISTOTLE] ON THE LOCATIONS AND NAMES OF THE WINDS --- Victor D'Avella -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF IMPORTANT WORDS -- GENERAL INDEX -- INDEX OF ANCIENT TEXTS CITED.

This text and commentary is the first to take account of all the manuscripts and to place the work in its historical and scientific context, as well as the first to describe its manuscript tradition.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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