Aratus of Soli in the library

3 works in the library quote Aratus of Soli — 5 citations, each anchored to a verbatim passage in the work that does the quoting.

Clement of Alexandria 3 citations · Cicero, Marcus Tullius 2 citations

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1. Stromata Clement of Alexandria 1 authority · 1 refuted · 1 endorsed 3 citations

   book 1 · book 5 2 passages anchored here

   Explicitly identified as the poetic source of the line Paul quotes approvingly.

   '" From which it is plain that, using also poetic examples from the Phaenomena of Aratus, he approves what has been well said among the Greeks, and through the "unknown God" he hinted that the Creator God was honoured by the Greeks by a periphrasis, but that he must be received and learned with full knowledge through the Son.

2. On the Commonwealth Cicero, Marcus Tullius 1 extended 1 citation

   book 1

   Aratus is explicitly named as the poet whose opening practice Scipio imitates.

   "Let us imitate, then, Aratus, who, setting out to speak of great matters, thinks one must begin from Jove.

3. On the Nature of the Gods Cicero, Marcus Tullius 1 extended 1 citation · 9 passages

   book 2 9 passages anchored here

   The passage is Cicero's own poetic translation/adaptation of the Aratean star-catalogue tradition (Phaenomena), extending it into Latin verse within the dialogue; though Aratus is not named within these paragraphs, the content is unmist …

   and with stars equal and marked out alike the little Cynosura traverses the same pole of the sky.