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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Spring 2019 |
Registration ID | LATNB303001 |
Course Title | Lucretius |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Classical Culture and Society |
Instructor | Conybeare,Catherine |
Times and Days | T 01:10pm-04:00pm
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Room Location | OL223 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1259 Lucretius' poem "De Rerum Natura", On the Nature of Things, is one of the most remarkable works of classical antiquity: in six books of didactic epic it gives a detailed exposition of Epicurean philosophy while exploiting all the riches of poetic imagery, smearing the "honey of the Muses" round the lip of the cup containing the "wormwood" of its message. Atomic theory, sexual relations, fear of death: these are just some of the topics addressed. We shall read and interpret almost the entire poem, giving equal weight to its philosophy and its poetry. Prerequisites: at least two Latin courses at 200 level or permission of instructor. Haverford: A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (A), Humanities (HU) |
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