---
name: Aratus Lives
name_greek: Ἀράτου Βίοι
eul_aid: iru
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/aratus-lives-iru"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Mixed Dialects
works_count: 14
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Aratus Lives

*Ἀράτου Βίοι*

**eul_aid:** `iru` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/aratus-lives-iru)

Aratus Lives collects fourteen ancient biographies of the Hellenistic poet Aratus of Soli. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Astronomical Appendix](https://eulogikon.org/works/aratus-astronomical-appendix-iru-ai) — *Ἀστρονομικά* · `iru-ai`
- [Excerpt from Preface-Phenomena](https://eulogikon.org/works/aratus-preface-phenomena-iru-af) — *Ἐκλογὴ ἐκ τῆς Προοιμίου Περὶ Φαινομένων* · `iru-af`
- [Introduction from Other Commentaries](https://eulogikon.org/works/aratus-commentaries-introduction-iru-ae) — *Ἐξ ἑτέρων σχολίων εἰσαγωγή* · `iru-ae`
- [Introduction to Aratus](https://eulogikon.org/works/aratus-introduction-iru-ah) — *Εἰσαγωγὴ εἰς τὸν Ἄρατον* · `iru-ah`
- [Introduction to Aratus,-Interpretation](https://eulogikon.org/works/aratus-introduction-iru-ad) — *Περὶ ἐξηγήσεως* · `iru-ad`
- [Letter to Julian](https://eulogikon.org/works/aratus-letter-to-julian-iru-aa) — *Πρὸς Ἰουλιανὸν ἐπιστολή* · `iru-aa`
- [Life of Aratus](https://eulogikon.org/works/aratus-life-iru-al) — *Βίος Ἄρατου* · `iru-al`
- [Life of Aratus](https://eulogikon.org/works/aratus-life-iru-aj) — *Βίος Ἀράτου* · `iru-aj`
- [Life of Aratus](https://eulogikon.org/works/aratus-life-iru-ak) — *Βίος Ἀράτου* · `iru-ak`
- [Life of Aratus](https://eulogikon.org/works/aratus-life-iru-ab) — *Βίος Ἀράτου* · `iru-ab`
- [On the Zodiac](https://eulogikon.org/works/aratus-zodiac-iru-am) — *Περὶ τοῦ Ζῳδιακοῦ* · `iru-am`
- [Phenomena](https://eulogikon.org/works/aratus-phenomena-iru-ac) — *Ἀποσπάσματα ἐκ τῶν Φαινομένων τοῦ Ἄρατου* · `iru-ac`
- [Prooemium to Aratus' Phenomena](https://eulogikon.org/works/aratus-prooemium-phenomena-iru-ag) — *Προοίμιον εἰς τὰ Φαινόμενα τοῦ Ἄρατου* · `iru-ag`
- [Sphere](https://eulogikon.org/works/aratus-sphere-iru-an) — *Σφαῖρα* · `iru-an`

## License and provenance

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