La fine del mondo nel ›De rerum natura‹ di Lucrezio
Lucretius' De rerum natura can be considered as the first Latin "apocalyptic" poem and, at the same time, the most important source on Epicurean cosmic eschatology. This book examines Lucretius' treatment of the mortality of the world, in order to identify the poet's sources...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Italian |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2020
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| Series: | CICERO
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| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Lucretius' De rerum natura can be considered as the first Latin "apocalyptic" poem and, at the same time, the most important source on Epicurean cosmic eschatology. This book examines Lucretius' treatment of the mortality of the world, in order to identify the poet's sources and polemical targets and to illustrate his eschatological imagery and rhetoric strategies. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), by-nc-nd/4.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (392 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783110674682;9783110659627 9783110674682 |