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The Moon in the Greek and Roman Imagination
- Myth, Literature, Science and Philosophy
Engelsk
Bogcover for The Moon in the Greek and Roman Imagination af Karen ni Mheallaigh, 9781108716284
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
336
ISBN-13:
9781108716284
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1108716288
Udg. Dato:
29 jul 2021
Størrelse i cm:
15,1 x 22,8 x 2,2
Oplagsdato:
29 jul 2021
Forfatter(e):

The Moon in the Greek and Roman Imagination

- Myth, Literature, Science and Philosophy
Engelsk
Paperback 2021
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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.
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
336
ISBN-13:
9781108716284
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1108716288
Udg. Dato:
29 jul 2021
Størrelse i cm:
15,1 x 22,8 x 2,2
Oplagsdato:
29 jul 2021
Forfatter(e):
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