The birthday book [electronic resource] / Censorinus ; translated by Holt N. Parker.
Language: English Original language: Latin Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.Description: xiv, 102 p. : illISBN:- 0226099741 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226099768 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780226099743 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780226099767 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- De die natali. English
- 878/.01 22
- PA6277.C4 D413 2007eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-102).
Happy birthday -- How to honor the genius of the birthday -- What is the spirit of the birthday? -- Seed and conception -- Pregnancy -- The fetus -- Growth in the womb -- The origins of astrology -- The teachings of the pythagoreans -- Harmony and music -- Harmony in the womb -- Harmony in the mind and body -- Harmony in the universe -- Crisis years and the length of life -- The praise of caerellius -- Time and eternity -- Ages and centuries. the Roman secular games -- The great year -- The year -- The calendar -- The history of the world -- Months -- Days -- Hours.
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