Epicurus in Rome

Herausgeber: Davis, Gregson; Yona, Sergio

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Revised ed
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9781009281393
• ISBN-10: 1009281399
• Artikelnr.: 67354333

Inhaltsangabe

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.