Apocalypse and Golden Age : The End of the World in Greek and Roman Thought /

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"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"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Star, Christopher (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
End of the world in literature.
Greek literature.
Latin literature.
Latin literature > History and criticism.
Greek literature > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From Hesiod to Hellenistic Philosophy
  • Lucretius and Cicero: The End of the World at the End of the Roman Republic
  • Golden Age, Apocalypse, and the Age of Augustus
  • Visions of the Origin and End of Humanity in Seneca the Younger
  • Tyranny and Apocalypse? Seneca's Thyestes and Lucan's Civil War
  • After the Fall: The End of the World in Pseudo-Seneca Epigrams 1, Octavia, and Hercules Oetaeus.

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