Karen Ní Mheallaigh

Gebundenes Buch

The Moon in the Greek and Roman Imagination

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

Karen ní 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).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 341
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 621g
• ISBN-13: 9781108483032
• ISBN-10: 1108483038
• Artikelnr.: 59368312