Questo sito usa cookie di analytics per raccogliere dati in forma aggregata e cookie di terze parti per migliorare l'esperienza utente.
Leggi l'Informativa Cookie Policy completa.

Livres anciens et modernes

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 €

Pali s.r.l. Libreria

(Roma, Italie)

Demander plus d'informations

Mode de Paiement

Détails

Auteur
Mheallaigh Ni Karen
Éditeurs
Cambridge University Press 2020
Thème
Classica Ancient Rome Greece
Description
H
Jaquette
Non
Etat de conservation
Neuf
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Dédicacée
Non
Premiére Edition
Non

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).