Caesar’s Comet, the Julian Star, and the Invention of Augustus

Pandey, Nandini B.

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“…Compare, e.g.,Lundström 1980, 90-104, Schmitzer 1990, 278-297, Feeney 1991, 211, Salzman 1998, 330-336, Fink 2005, and Pandey 2013, 441-442 and 201878. Katharina Volk -9789004528871 Downloaded from Brill.com 05/28/2024 06:07:05AM via Open Access.…”

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Tod und Erklärung: Ovid on the Death of Julius Caesar (Met. 15.745–851)

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2023

Ovid, Death and Transfiguration

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Ovid, Death and Transfiguration

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“… 53 On Caesar’s catasterism, which predates Augustus’ Caesarian politics, and the multiple possibilities in interpreting the sidus Iulium , see Pandey (2013); see also Ramsey and Licht (1997). …”

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Famous Last Words: Caesar’s Prophecy on the Ides of March

Ziogas

2016

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Shakespeare's Et tu, Brute has been influential in shaping a tradition that interprets Caesar's last words as an expression of shock at Brutus' betrayal. Yet this interpretation is not suggested in the ancient sources that attest the tag καὶ σύ, τέκνον ('you too, son'). This article argues that Caesar's dictum evokes a formula of funerary epigrams, which refers to death as the common lot of all mortals. The epitaphic connotations of καὶ σύ or tu quoque feature in epic poetry, a connection that lends a Homeric dimension to Caesar's last words. The dictator's oral epitaph predicts the death of Brutus as a consequence of his involvement in the assassination. It means 'You too, son, will die'. The Greco-Roman belief that a dying man can foresee the future invests Caesar's last words with prophetic authority.

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God and Astrobiology

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2024

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The perception that life on other planets would be, problematic for religious people, and indeed for religion itself, is a longstanding one. It is partially rooted in fact: astrobiological speculations have, on occasion, engendered religious controversies. Historical discussions are often far more nuanced, and less one-sided than often imagined. 'Exotheology' is a lively subdiscipline within several religious traditions. This Element offers a wide-ranging introduction to the multifarious 'problems of God and astrobiology', real and perceived. It covers major topics within Christian theology (e.g., creation, incarnation, salvation), as well as issues specific to Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. It also discusses the very different perspectives offered by other (non)religious traditions, including Mormonism, various 'alien-positive' new religious movements (e.g., Heaven's Gate, Scientology, Raëlism), and the 'Ancient Astronaunt' theories popularized by Erich von Dāniken and the History channel's Ancient Aliens.

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Caesar’s Comet, the Julian Star, and the Invention of Augustus

Cited by 25 publications

References 37 publications

Tod und Erklärung: Ovid on the Death of Julius Caesar (Met. 15.745–851)

Tod und Erklärung: Ovid on the Death of Julius Caesar (Met. 15.745–851)

Famous Last Words: Caesar’s Prophecy on the Ides of March

God and Astrobiology

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