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Atomism in the Aeneid: Physics, Politics, and Cosmological Disorder

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Atomism in the Aeneid: Physics, Politics, and Cosmological Disorder - Gorey, Matthew M
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Atomism in the Aeneid investigates allusions to Lucretian atomism in descriptions of indecision, violence, and disorder in Virgil's epic. Drawing upon a long tradition of anti-atomist discourse in Greek philosophy, Gorey argues that atomic imagery functions as a metaphor for cosmic and political anarchy in the Aeneid .

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Atomism in the Aeneid: Physics, Politics, and Cosmological Disorder 2021, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780197518748

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