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Record Nr.

UNISA996199042903316

Autore

Warmington E. H (Eric Herbert), <1898-1987>

Titolo

Natural Questions. Volume I

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Harvard University Press, 1971

ISBN

0-674-99495-7

Descrizione fisica

540 p ; 17.500x11.400 cm

Collana

Loeb Classical Library ; ; 450

Loeb Classical Library ; 450

Disciplina

878/.01/09

Soggetti

Science, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Most of Seneca's "Naturales Quaestiones" is given over to celestial phenomena. Book 1 discusses "lights" or fires in the atmosphere; 2, lightning and thunder; Book 3 concerns bodies of water. Seneca's method is to survey the theories of major authorities on the subject at hand and his work is therefore a rewarding guide to Greek and Roman thinking about the heavens.

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