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| 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. |
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Apocalypse and Golden Age enriches our understanding of apocalyptic thought. |
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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. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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End of the world in literature.
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End of the world in literature. |
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Greek literature -- History and criticism.
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Greek literature. |
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Latin literature -- History and criticism.
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Latin literature. |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Print version: 9781421441641 |
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Print version: 9781421441634 1421441632 (DLC) 2021006367 (OCoLC)1237750518 |
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9781421441641 (electronic book) |
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1421441640 (electronic book) |
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9781421441634 |
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1421441632 |
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