Atomism in the Aeneid : physics, politics, and cosmological disorder

Atomism in the Aeneid : physics, politics, and cosmological disorder / Matthew M. Gorey.

"This book examines the role of philosophical metaphor and allegory in the Aeneid, focusing on tendentious allusions to Lucretian atomism. It argues that Virgil, drawing upon a popular strain of anti-atomist and anti-Epicurean arguments in Greek philosophy, deploys atomic imagery as a symbol of...

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Main Author: Gorey, Matthew M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Virgil. > Aeneis.
Virgil > Symbolism.
Virgil
Aeneis (Virgil)
Atomism.
Epicureans (Greek philosophy)
Cosmology in literature.
Trojans in literature.
Epic poetry, Latin > History and criticism.
Atomism
Cosmology in literature
Epic poetry, Latin
Symbolism
Trojans in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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