Bild

The Astronomical Situation and a Hitherto Unregistered Comet in Synesius’ Calvitii encomium 10, 5 / 209, 8–14

    Filip Horáček

Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik 70, pp. 197-208, 2021/05/04

doi: 10.1553/joeb70s197


Autor(en):
Titel:
GoID:
Preis:
ISBN13:
Icon Shopping CartArtikel kaufen/Buy article ( € 10,–)

doi: 10.1553/joeb70s197

Einzelpreis €  124,- 

incl. VAT
PDF
X
BibTEX-Export:

X
EndNote/Zotero-Export:

X
RIS-Export:

X 
Researchgate-Export (COinS)

Permanent QR-Code

doi:10.1553/joeb70s197



doi:10.1553/joeb70s197

Abstract

The text presents, in elementary astronomical terms, a clearer picture of what Synesius describes in the passage.Although the comet cannot be pinpointed chronologically, it is quite likely hitherto unregistered cometographically. Its terminusante quem is the year 404.

Keywords: Synesius, Comets, Cometography, Calvitii Encomium, In Praise of Baldness