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: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Italian |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2020.
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| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392) |
| ISBN: | 3110674688 9783110674682 3110674661 9783110674668 9783110659627 311065962X |
| Language: | Italian. |