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Empedokles nieznany: Carmen de septem planetis (Par. Graec. 3047)
Empedocles unknown: Carmen de septem planetis (Par. Graec. 3047)

Author(s): Katarzyna Kołakowska
Subject(s): Literary Texts, Cultural history, Ancient World
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Instytut Filologii Klasycznej
Keywords: Georgios Chrysokokkes;Empedocles;Carmen de septem sidera;Sphaera;Mediaeval manuscripts;Astronomy, Par. Graec. 3047

Summary/Abstract: In the manuscript Par. Graec. 3047 we can find a poem titled Carmen de septem planetis which is assigned by the Scribe to Empedocles of Acragas. The ancient sources didn’t confirm this attribution and the paper tried to answer the most impertatnt question to solve this problem: who was the scribe? Who ordered the copy of this manuscript? What is the value of this codex? What kind of poem is Carmen the septem planetis.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 294-307
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish