Apocalypse and Golden Age
Subtitle: The End of the World in Greek and Roman Thought
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2021
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781421441634
Subjects: Classical philology
Description: "This book investigates the various ways that ancient Greek and Roman authors envisioned the end of the world and the role they gave to global catastrophes, both past and future, in shaping human history"--