Archimedes and the Roman imagination

1. Verfasser: Jaeger, Mary, 1960-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.
Umfang/Format: ix, 230 p. ; 24 cm.
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Inhalte/Bestandteile: 1 Datensätze
Online Zugang: Table of contents only
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.