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Atomism in the Aeneid: Physics, Politics, and Cosmological Disorder
Gorey, Matthew M. (Visiting Assistant Professor, Visiting Assistant Professor, Wabash College)
Atomism in the Aeneid: Physics, Politics, and Cosmological Disorder
Gorey, Matthew M. (Visiting Assistant Professor, Visiting Assistant Professor, Wabash College)
Atomism in the Aeneid investigates allusions to Lucretian atomism in descriptions of indecision, violence, and disorder in Virgil's epic. Drawing upon a long tradition of anti-atomist discourse in Greek philosophy, Gorey argues that atomic imagery functions as a metaphor for cosmic and political anarchy in the Aeneid.
184 pages
Mídia | Livros Hardcover Book (Livro com lombada e capa dura) |
Lançado | 4 de agosto de 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9780197518748 |
Editoras | Oxford University Press Inc |
Páginas | 184 |
Dimensões | 244 × 164 × 20 mm · 428 g |
Idioma | English |