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List of illustrations viii
List of contributors x
Preface xiv
Introduction Stuart Gillespie Philip Hardie 1
Antiquity
Lucretius and Greek philosophy James Warren 19
Lucretius and the Herculaneum library Dirk Obbink 33
Lucretius and Roman politics and history Alessandro Schiesaro 41
Lucretius and previous poetic traditions Monica Gale 59
Lucretian architecture: the structure and argument of the De rerum natura Joseph Farrell 76
Lucretian texture: style, metre and rhetoric in the De rerum natura E. J. Kenney 92
Lucretius and later Latin literature in antiquity Philip Hardie 111
Themes
Lucretius and the history of science Monte Johnson Catherine Wilson 131
Moral and political philosophy: readings of Lucretius from Virgil to Voltaire Reid Barbour 149
Lucretius and the sublime James I. Porter 167
Religion and enlightenment in the neo-Latin reception of Lucretius Yasmin Haskell 185
Reception
Lucretius in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance: transmission and scholarship Michael Reeve 205
Lucretius in the Italian Renaissance Valentina Prosperi 214
Lucretius in early modern France Philip Ford 227
Lucretius in the English Renaissance Stuart Gillespie 242
The English voices of Lucretius from Lucy Hutchinson to John Mason Good David Hopkins 254
Lucretius in the European Enlightenment Eric Baker 274
Lucretius in Romantic and Victorian Britain Martin Priestman 289
Lucretius and the moderns Stuart Gillespie Donald MacKenzie 306
Dateline 325
List of works cited 327
Index of main Lucretian passages discussed 357
General index 358
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reviewed Cambridge Companion to Lucretius on August 19, 2011
Cambridge Companion to Lucretius
I learned so much from this book about not only Alexandria but of Egypt and the Mediterranean. The book covered the economy, history and existing knowledge of the ancient era. I guess if you think of the library and museum of Alexandria in modern day terms, it would be called a university, a think tank as well as a library. I did note that Alexandrea was a diverse city of Egyptians, Jews, Greeks, Romans and people from neighboring countries. It is amazing to realize the city was designed to have a sewer system, running water, as well as the city was laid out with streets and buildings.
The book was well written and meticulously researched. I found the section about Hypatia (350-370-415 A.D.) to be most interesting. The way the author told the story has triggered me to want to learn more about Hypatia. She was a mathematician and philosopher in the later days of Alexandria and was considered a great teacher. I enjoyed the book and highly recommend it.
I read this as an audiobook downloaded from Audible. It is eleven and a half hours. Simon Vance does an excellent job narrating the book. Vance is a well known award-winning audiobook narrator.
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