La fine del mondo nel ›De rerum natura‹ di Lucrezio
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Berlin/Boston
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9783110674682; 9783110659627
Subjects: Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
Description: Lucretius’ De rerum natura can be considered as the first Latin “apocalyptic” poem and, at the same time, the most important source on Epicurean cosmic eschatology. This book examines Lucretius’ treatment of the mortality of the world, in order to identify the poet’s sources and polemical targets and to illustrate his eschatological imagery and rhetoric strategies.
Notes: Open Access Unrestricted online access

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