Apocalypse and Golden Age The End of the World in Greek and Roman Thought
להגדלת הטקסט להקטנת הטקסט- ספר
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
כותר |
Apocalypse and Golden Age The End of the World in Greek and Roman Thought / Christopher Star. |
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מוציא לאור |
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore |
שנה |
2021 |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
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. |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (319 pages) |
שפה |
אנגלית |
מספר מערכת |
997012197368505171 |
תצוגת MARC
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