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Author:

Star, Christopher, author.

Title:

Apocalypse and golden age : the end of the world in Greek and Roman thought / Christopher Star.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

viii, 306 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Greek literature--History and criticism.
End of the world in literature.
Latin literature--History and criticism.
Apocalypse in literature.
Latin literature.
Greek literature.
End of the world in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-287) and indexes.

Contents:

From Hesiod to Hellenistic Philosophy -- Lucretius and Cicero : The End of the World at the End of the Roman Republic -- Golden Age, Apocalypse, and the Age of Augustus -- Visions of the Origin and End of Humanity in Seneca the Younger -- Tyranny and Apocalypse? Seneca's Thyestes and Lucan's Civil War -- After the Fall : The End of the World in Pseudo-Seneca Epigrams 1, Octavia, and Hercules Oetaeus.

Summary:

"This book investigates the various ways that ancient Greek and Roman authors envisioned the end of the world and the role they gave to global catastrophes, both past and future, in shaping human history"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1421441632
9781421441634

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1237750518

LCCN:

2021006367

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)