Res Novae: Epicurean Metaphor in De Rerum Natura

Wismer, James

doi:10.7274/dz010p11c7z

Res Novae: Epicurean Metaphor in De Rerum Natura

https://doi.org/10.7274/dz010p11c7z
Open external identifier URL

thesis

posted on 2016-03-02, 00:00 authored by James Wismer

An examination of the metaphor of revolution in Lucretius' De Rerum Natura which accounts for the metaphor in terms of Lucretius' Epicurean philosophy, Roman social reality, and rhetorical technique.

History

Date Modified

2017-06-05

Additional Groups

Classics

Research Director(s)

Brian Krostenko

Committee Members

Christopher Baron Elizabeth Mazurek

Degree

Master of Arts

Degree Level

Master's Thesis

Program Name

Classics

Usage metrics

Keywords

Not Assigned

<em>Res Novae: </em>Epicurean Metaphor in<em> De Rerum Natura</em>