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Atomism in the Aeneid : physics, politics, and cosmological disorder / Matthew M. Gorey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gorey, Matthew M., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atomism.
- Epicureans (Greek philosophy).
- Cosmology in literature.
- Trojans in literature.
- Epic poetry, Latin--History and criticism.
- Epic poetry, Latin.
- Virgil. Aeneis.
- Virgil.
- Virgil--Symbolism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (191 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- '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.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Lucretian allusion, Virgilian allegory
- Characterizations of Epicurean atomism
- Trojans under the influence of atomism (epic winners)
- Non-trojans under the influence of atomism (epic losers)
- Turnus and the end of the Epicurean world
- Atomism and the worldview of the Aeneid.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 9, 2021).
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-751876-1
- 0-19-751877-X
- 0-19-751875-3
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