Nature silenziose
Subtitle: le piante nel pensiero ellenistico e romano
By: Luciana Repici
Series: Studi e ricerche -- 687
Publisher: Il mulino
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Bologna
Language: ita
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9788815257444
Subjects: Botany; Plants in literature; History
Description: This study looks at the way that Greeks and Romans thought about plants, covering the time period in Greece from the era of Epicurus (3rd c. BC) to the era of Plotinus (3rd c. AD), and continuing with Rome and its famous gardens. During these time periods, writers, philosophers, and doctors were interested in plants for their ways of growing and reproducing, their specific characteristics that differentiate them from animals and humans, their medical and nutritional utility, their roles in ritual and magic, and their silent but unmistakable presence in the natural world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-206) and index.