- Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 230 p.)
- Uniform Title
- Archimedes and the Roman imagination (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Archimedes and the Roman imagination (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-223) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- The "Eureka" story -- Cicero at Archimedes' tomb -- Why two spheres? -- The afterlife of the spheres from the De republica -- A sketch of events at Syracuse -- Who killed Archimedes? -- The defense of Syracuse -- Claudian on Archimedes -- Petrarch's Archimedes -- Conclusion -- Notes.
- LCCN
- 2007037351
- OCLC
- ssj0000412050
- Author
Jaeger, Mary, 1960-
- Title
Archimedes and the Roman imagination [electronic resource] / Mary Jaeger.
- Imprint
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-223) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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