Archimedes and the Roman imagination [electronic resource] / Mary Jaeger.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.Description: ix, 230 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 510.92 B 22
LOC classification:
  • QA29.A7 J34 2008eb
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-223) and index.

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.

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