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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809504303321

Autore

Fratantuono Lee <1973->

Titolo

A reading of Lucretius' De rerum natura / / Lee Fratantuono

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, [England] : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-1155-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (519 p.)

Disciplina

187

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Mother of the Children of Aeneas . . .; 2 Sweet on the Great Sea . . .; 3 O, from So Great a Darkness . . .; 4 The Trackless Ways of the Muses . . .; 5 Who Is Able to Compose an Epic . . .; 6 First Athens . . .; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>This book offers a comprehensive commentary on Lucretius' </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">De Rerum Natura, </span><span>the</span><span style=""font-style:italic;""> </span><span>earliest surviving full scale epic poem from ancient Rome. </span></span>