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Macrobius Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius.
In Somnium Scipionis lib.II. Saturnaliorum lib.VII.
Lione, apud Seb. Gryphium, 1556.,
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Mediolanum Libreria Antiquaria
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Il commento neoplatonico al “Somnium Scipionis”, un estratto dal “De re publica” di Cicerone, diede occasione a Macrobio di discorrere sulla natura del cosmo in una serie di saggi che illustravano le nozioni astronomiche allora correnti e trasmesse al Medioevo: “Macrobius uses passages of Cicero's work as mere suggestions to construct a treatise on Neoplatonic philosophy - the most satisfactory and widely read Latin compendium on Neoplatonism that existed during the Middle Ages. Like Somnium Scipionis, Macrobius' Commentarii is in the tradition of Plato's Timaeus […] Macrobius' excursus on the heavens presents the stock features of popular handbooks on astronomy. A spherical earth at the center of a spherical universe is encircled by seven planetary spheres and a celestial sphere which rotates diurnally from east to west. The planets have proper motions from west to east in addition to their more apparent motions from east to west, the result of their being "dragged along" by the rotation of the celestial sphere, The celestial circles are defined, with particular attention to the Milky Way, the dramatic setting of Scipio's dream […] Macrobius and Martianus Capella were largely responsible for preserving Crates of Mallos' theory of an equatorial and meridional ocean dividing the earth into four quarters, each of which was assumed to be inhabited, and for the wide adoption of Eratosthenes' figure of 252.000 stades for the circumference of the earth. These concepts dominated scientific thinking on world geography in the Middle Ages.” (DSB).
I “Saturnali” è un'opera composta per l'educazione dei figli di Macrobio, ampiamente ispirata alle “Noctes Atticae” di Aulo Gellio, che tratta una varietà di argomenti: storici, antiquari e scientifici. L'opera è annoverata tra le più antiche fonti gastronomiche ed enologiche per i sette libri dedicati ai “Conviviorum Saturnaliorum”.
“The second part, Saturnalia, is in the form of table-talk at a Saturnalia banquet, in Rome, and there is a good deal of interest regarding both food and drink, their right choice, preparation and presentation at a banquet.” (Bitting). Adams M-67.