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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.
Gorey's book is a very valuable addition to the scholarship on the Aeneid, and, in more general terms, the interplay of philosophy and literature, as this study makes it very clear that Vergil read the de rerum natura as both a literary text and firm part of the epic tradition, but also as a philosophical work.
This is a book that opens many doors in an intertextual edifice, as it offers tantalising, succinct, occasionally enigmatic insights into the Augustan poet's engagement with his Republican predecessor Lucretius. Its reading is swiftly over; the implications of its rich tapestry of ideas linger long in the mind.
Gorey has written an important book that should be useful for anyone working on Vergil, the reception of Lucretius or Epicureanism during the Roman period.
A welcome contribution to a very important topic. As it develops a robust and challenging thesis, it offers readers a wealth of insightful observations which add perceptibly to our understanding of some crucial aspects of the Aeneid.
Even though the Aeneid is one of the most-studied texts from Republican Rome, Gorey gives us an important insight ... a fresh perspective, persuasively argued, for those studying the bedrock texts upon which the conception of the universe in the Western world arose.
Gorey's book is a very valuable addition to the scholarship on the Aeneid, and, in more general terms, the interplay of philosophy and literature, as this study makes it very clear that Vergil read the de rerum natura as both a literary text and firm part of the epic tradition, but also as a philosophical work.
This important and original contribution to the understanding of allusion to Lucretius in the Aeneid has a clearly stated and clearly articulated thesis.
Matthew M. Gorey is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Wabash College.
Gorey's book is a very valuable addition to the scholarship on the Aeneid, and, in more general terms, the interplay of philosophy and literature, as this study makes it very clear that Vergil read the de rerum natura as both a literary text and firm part of the epic tradition, but also as a philosophical work.
This is a book that opens many doors in an intertextual edifice, as it offers tantalising, succinct, occasionally enigmatic insights into the Augustan poet's engagement with his Republican predecessor Lucretius. Its reading is swiftly over; the implications of its rich tapestry of ideas linger long in the mind.
Gorey has written an important book that should be useful for anyone working on Vergil, the reception of Lucretius or Epicureanism during the Roman period.
A welcome contribution to a very important topic. As it develops a robust and challenging thesis, it offers readers a wealth of insightful observations which add perceptibly to our understanding of some crucial aspects of the Aeneid.
Even though the Aeneid is one of the most-studied texts from Republican Rome, Gorey gives us an important insight ... a fresh perspective, persuasively argued, for those studying the bedrock texts upon which the conception of the universe in the Western world arose.
Gorey's book is a very valuable addition to the scholarship on the Aeneid, and, in more general terms, the interplay of philosophy and literature, as this study makes it very clear that Vergil read the de rerum natura as both a literary text and firm part of the epic tradition, but also as a philosophical work.
This important and original contribution to the understanding of allusion to Lucretius in the Aeneid has a clearly stated and clearly articulated thesis.
Matthew M. Gorey is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Wabash College.