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The philosophizing muse : the influence of Greek philosophy on Roman poetry / edited by Myrto Garani and David Konstan.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Pierides ; v.3.
- Pierides, studies in Greek and Latin literature ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Latin poetry--History and criticism.
- Latin poetry.
- Philosophy, Ancient--Influence.
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- Philosophers, Ancient--Poetry.
- Philosophers, Ancient.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 354 pages ; 22 cm.
- Other Title:
- Pierides : studies in Greek and Latin literature. v.3, Philosophizing muse: the influence of greek philosophy on roman poetry
- Place of Publication:
- Newscastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- Text in English; Contains passages in Latin and Ancient Greek with English translations.
- Summary:
- An international group of scholars expert in Roman literature and the reception of the Greek philosophical tradition have come together to analyze the debt of Latin poetry to Greek philosophy across a range of authors, from the 3rd century BC to the 1st century AD.--Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- Introduction / Myrto Garani and David Konstan
- The beginnings: philosophy in Roman literature before 155 B.C. / Dorota Dutsch
- Lucretius, Empedocles, and Cleanthes / Gordon Campbell
- Philosophy in Vergil / Joseph Farrell
- Horace's epicurean voice in the satires / David Armstrong
- The figure of Numa on Ovid's Fasti / Myrto Garani
- Manilius and stoicism / Ilaria Ramelli
- 'Stoic tragedy'': A contradiction in terms? / Claudia Wiener
- Consolation, rebellion and philosophy in Lucan's Bellum Civile Book 8 / Francesca D'Alessandro Behr
- Persius' Fourth Satire; Socrates and the failure of pedagogy / Shadi Bartsch
- Stoic thought and Homeric reminiscence in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica / A. Zissos.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1443859753
- 9781443859752
- OCLC:
- 885014634
- Publisher Number:
- 99960498451
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