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Ara (the Altar constellation)

the Altar

also: Ara, Aram, the Altar

The constellation of the Altar, one of the inanimate-object star-groups the Stoics counted among the gods. Cotta lists it to show the incoherence of deifying the constellations.

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Mentioned in 22 works (28 total)

Aratea (Translation of Aratus' Phaenomena) philosophy · 3 mentions
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book II speeches · 1 mention
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book V speeches · 1 mention
For Marcus Fonteius speeches · 1 mention
Against Catiline, Fourth Speech speeches · 1 mention
For Lucius Flaccus speeches · 1 mention
On His House speeches · 2 mentions
On His Return: To the Senate speeches · 1 mention
For Lucius Cornelius Balbus speeches · 1 mention
On the Laws philosophy · 1 mention
For Titus Annius Milo speeches · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 5.18 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 15.4 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 12.5 letters · 1 mention
On the Nature of the Gods philosophy · 3 mentions
For King Deiotarus speeches · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 11.2 letters · 1 mention
On Divination philosophy · 2 mentions
Eleventh Philippic speeches · 1 mention
Thirteenth Philippic speeches · 1 mention
Philippica XIV speeches · 1 mention
Eighth Philippic speeches · 1 mention

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