This essay discusses the apocalyptic features of Lucretius’ de rerum natura, suggesting a comparison with texts belonging to the corpus of Hellenistic Jewish pseudepigrapha; the description of the plague as a final ‘apocalypse’ with political and eschatological implications; and the connection between these aspects of the poem, the eschatological ten- sions in 1st century bce Rome, and those manifested in Hellenistic Jewish apocalypses.
Lucretius' apocalyptic imagination / Schiesaro, Alessandro. - In: MATERIALI E DISCUSSIONI PER L'ANALISI DEI TESTI CLASSICI. - ISSN 0392-6338. - 84:1(2020), pp. 27-93. [10.19272/202001701002]
Lucretius' apocalyptic imagination
Schiesaro
2020
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This essay discusses the apocalyptic features of Lucretius’ de rerum natura, suggesting a comparison with texts belonging to the corpus of Hellenistic Jewish pseudepigrapha; the description of the plague as a final ‘apocalypse’ with political and eschatological implications; and the connection between these aspects of the poem, the eschatological ten- sions in 1st century bce Rome, and those manifested in Hellenistic Jewish apocalypses.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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