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Lucretius and his sources : a study of Lucretius, De rerum natura I 635-920 /

This study is an original contribution to the discussion of Lucretius' use of sources and his relationship to Epicurus; furthermore, it provides a new edition of fragments of books 14 and 15 of Epicurus' On Nature. It focuses on understanding how Lucretius' sources presented the Preso...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Montarese, Francesco
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, ©2012.
Colección:Sozomena (Berlin, Germany) ; v. 12.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Table of contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Lucretius drew the Critique from an earlier Epicurean polemic
  • Chapter 2. Books XIV and XV of Epicurus' SZ
  • Chapter 3. Lucretius' use of sources in DRN I
  • Chapter 4. Lucretius in the Critique
  • Appendix (A). Two stages of composition?
  • Appendix (B) The format of PHerc. 1148 (SZ XIV) and PHerc. 1151 (SZ XV)
  • Appendix (C) Do Epicurus' Ad Herodotum and Ad Pythoclem reflect continuous books of SZ?
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • Indices