Atomism in the Aeneid : physics, politics, and cosmological disorder /

Atomism in the Aeneid : physics, politics, and cosmological disorder /

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"This book examines the role of philosophical metaphor and allegory in the Aeneid, focusing on tendentious allusions to Lucretian atomism. It argues that Virgil, drawing upon a popular strain of anti-atomist and anti-Epicurean arguments in Greek philosophy, deploys atomic imagery as a symbol of...

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Main Author: Gorey, Matthew M. (Author)
Corporate Author: UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Virgil > Aeneis.
Virgil > Aeneis. > ^A213585
Virgil > Symbolism
Virgil
Aeneis (Virgil)
Atomism > ^A995186
Atomism
Cosmology in literature > ^A1008587
Cosmology in literature
Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism > ^A2098816
Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism
Epicureans (Greek philosophy) > ^A1253338
Epicureans (Greek philosophy)
Trojans in literature > ^A1794984
Trojans in literature
Atomisme
Cosmologie dans la littérature
Épicuriens
Poésie épique latine > Histoire et critique
Troyens dans la littérature
Epic poetry, Latin
Symbolism
Criticism, interpretation, etc

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