Poetry and number in Graeco-Roman antiquity
Poetry and mathematics might seem to be worlds apart. Nevertheless, a number of Greek and Roman poets incorporated counting and calculation within their verses. Setting the work of authors such as Callimachus, Catullus and Archimedes in dialogue with the less well-known isopsephic epigrams of Leonid...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2022.
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| Colección: | Cambridge classical studies.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009659945506719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Numbers Up; Part I. Counting and Criticism: 1. Callimachus and his Legacy; 2. Leonides of Alexandria's Isopsephic Epigrams; Part II. Arithmetic and Aesthetics: 3. Archimedes' Cattle Problem; 4. The Arithmetical Poems in A.P. 14; Conclusion: Summing Up Poetry.
