The Cambridge companion to Lucretius / edited by Stuart Gillespie, Philip Hardie. [electronic resour...
The Cambridge companion to Lucretius / edited by Stuart Gillespie, Philip Hardie. [electronic resour...
The Cambridge companion to Lucretius / edited by Stuart Gillespie, Philip Hardie. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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English
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1 online resource (xiv, 365 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
pt. 1. Antiquity. Lucretius and Greek philosophy / James Warren -- Lucretius and the Herculaneum library / Dirk Obbink -- Lucretius and Roman politics and history / Alessandro Schiesaro -- Lucretius and previous poetic traditions / Monica Gale -- Lucretian architecture : the structure and argument o...
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2007.
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Summary
Lucretius' didactic poem De rerum natura ('On the Nature of Things') is an impassioned and visionary presentation of the materialist philosophy of Epicurus, and one of the most powerful poetic texts of antiquity. After its rediscovery in 1417 it became a controversial and seminal work in successive phases of literary history, the history of science...
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The Cambridge companion to Lucretius / edited by Stuart Gillespie, Philip Hardie. [electronic resource]
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BOOK
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Cambridge companions to literature
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English
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74VKVw6NJbBO
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ISBN
1-139-81744-2
DDC
187
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991023962542302626
