Examines the role and influence of Greek philosophy in the final days of the Roman republic. Focuses primarily on the works and views of Cicero, premier politician and Roman philosopher of the day, and Lucretius, foremost among the representatives and supporters of Epicureanism at the time.
Examines the role and influence of Greek philosophy in the final days of the Roman republic. Focuses primarily on the works and views of Cicero, premier politician and Roman philosopher of the day, and Lucretius, foremost among the representatives and supporters of Epicureanism at the time.
1. Introduction Sergio Yona; Part I. Epicurus and Roman Identities: 2. Sint ista Graecorum: How to be an Epicurean in Late Republican Rome ¿ Evidence from Cicero's On Ends 1-2 Geert Roskam; 3. Cicero's Rhetoric of Anti-Epicureanism: Anonymity as Critique Daniel P. Hanchey; 4. Was Atticus an Epicurean? Nathan Gilbert; 5. Caesar the Epicurean? A Matter of Life and Death Katharina Volk; 6. Otium and Voluptas: Catullus and Roman Epicureanism Monica Gale; Part II. Epicurus and Lucretian Postures: 7. 'Love it or Leave it.' Nature's Ultimatum in Lucretius' On the Nature of Things (3.931-962) Elizabeth Asmis; 8. Kitsch, Death and the Epicurean Pamela Gordon; 9. Page, Stage, Image: Confronting Ennius with Lucretius' On the Nature of Things Mathias Hanses; 10. Lucretius on the Size of the Sun T. H. M. Gellar-Goad.
1. Introduction Sergio Yona; Part I. Epicurus and Roman Identities: 2. Sint ista Graecorum: How to be an Epicurean in Late Republican Rome ¿ Evidence from Cicero's On Ends 1-2 Geert Roskam; 3. Cicero's Rhetoric of Anti-Epicureanism: Anonymity as Critique Daniel P. Hanchey; 4. Was Atticus an Epicurean? Nathan Gilbert; 5. Caesar the Epicurean? A Matter of Life and Death Katharina Volk; 6. Otium and Voluptas: Catullus and Roman Epicureanism Monica Gale; Part II. Epicurus and Lucretian Postures: 7. 'Love it or Leave it.' Nature's Ultimatum in Lucretius' On the Nature of Things (3.931-962) Elizabeth Asmis; 8. Kitsch, Death and the Epicurean Pamela Gordon; 9. Page, Stage, Image: Confronting Ennius with Lucretius' On the Nature of Things Mathias Hanses; 10. Lucretius on the Size of the Sun T. H. M. Gellar-Goad.
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