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Virgil's elements : physics and poetry in the Georgics /

Professor Ross presents the Georgics as a poem of science, of the power and ultimate failure of knowledge. Exploring the science that Virgil knew and used, he analyzes the oppositions and balances of lire and water, of the qualities of hot and cold, wet and dry, throughout the poem. These the farmer...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Ross, David O. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1987.
Collection:Princeton legacy library.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER TWO: BOOK I
  • CHAPTER THREE: BOOK II
  • CHAPTER FOUR: BOOK III
  • CHAPTER FIVE: BOOK IV
  • CHAPTER SIX: AN OVERVIEW
  • BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
  • INDEX LOCORUM
  • INDEX NOMINUM ET RERUM.