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Mheallaigh Ni Karen

The Moon in the Greek and Roman Imagination: Myth, Literature, Science and Philosophy (Greek Culture in the Roman World)

Cambridge University Press 2020,

86.00 €

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Author
Mheallaigh Ni Karen
Publishers
Cambridge University Press 2020
Keyword
Classica Ancient Rome Greece
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
New
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

8vo, hardcover, pp.341, This is a book for readers who are fascinated by the Moon and the earliest speculations about life on other worlds. It takes the reader on a journey from the earliest Greek poetry, philosophy and science, through Plutarch's mystical doctrines to the thrilling lunar adventures of Lucian of Samosata. L'autore Karen nÌ Mheallaigh is Professor of Greek in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter. She is the author of Reading Fiction with Lucian: Fakes, Freaks and Hyperreality (Cambridge, 2014).