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The Moon in the Greek and Roman imagination
Enlarge text Shrink text"The Moon exerted a powerful influence on ancient intellectual history, as a playground for the scientific imagination. This book explores the history of the Moon in the Greco-Roman imaginary from Homer to Lucian, with special focus on those accounts of the Moon, its attributes, and its 'inhabitants' given by ancient philosophers, natural scientists and imaginative writers including Pythagoreans, Plato and the Old Academy, Varro, Plutarch and Lucian. Ní Mheallaigh shows how the Moon's enigmatic presence made it a key site for thinking about the gaze (erotic, philosophical and scientific) and the relation between appearance and reality. It was also a site for hoax in antiquity as well as today. Central issues explored include the view from elsewhere (selēnoskopia), the relation of science and fiction, the interaction between the beginnings of science in the classical polis and the imperial period, and the limits of knowledge itself."-- Provided by publisher.
| Title |
The Moon in the Greek and Roman imagination : myth, literature, science and philosophy / Karen ní Mheallaigh. |
|---|---|
| Publisher |
Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY : Cambridge University Press |
| Creation Date |
2020 |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Content |
Part I: The Moon in the mythic imagination. Introduction : To the Moon! Journey into the ancient scientific imagination The Moon in ritual, myth and magic -- Part II: The moon in the scientific imagination. Making sense of the Moon : philosophy and science Life on the Moon : between philosophy, science and fantasy The Moon of many faces : Plutarch's great lunar dialogue De facie -- Part III: The moon in the fantastic imagination.The imaginary moon : lunar journeys -- Selēnoskopia : the moon-view from fiction to reality Envoi : The legacy of ancient selenography. |
| Series |
Greek culture in the Roman world |
| Extent |
xiv, 322 pages : illustrations 24 cm. |
| Language |
English |
| Copyright Date |
©2020 |
| National Library system number |
997009506250705171 |
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