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The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus
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Hardcover. How a study of anti-Epicurian discourse can lead us to a better understanding of the cultural history of Epicurianism Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
The school of Greek philosopher Epicurus, which became known as the Garden, famously put great stock in happiness and pleasure. As a philosophical community, and a way of seeing the world, Epicureanism had a centuries-long life in Athens and Rome, as well as across the Mediterranean.
The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus studies how the Garden's outlook on pleasure captured Greek and Roman imaginations—particularly among non-Epicureans—for generations after its legendary founding. Unsympathetic sources from disparate eras generally focus not on historic personages but on the symbolic Epicurean. And yet the traditions of this imagined Garden, with its disreputable women ... Read more
The school of Greek philosopher Epicurus, which became known as the Garden, famously put great stock in happiness and pleasure. As a philosophical community, and a way of seeing the world, Epicureanism had a centuries-long life in Athens and Rome, as well as across the Mediterranean.
The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus studies how the Garden's outlook on pleasure captured Greek and Roman imaginations—particularly among non-Epicureans—for generations after its legendary founding. Unsympathetic sources from disparate eras generally focus not on historic personages but on the symbolic Epicurean. And yet the traditions of this imagined Garden, with its disreputable women ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472118083
SKU
V9780472118083
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Pamela Gordon is Chair of the Department of Classics at the University of Kansas and the author of Epicurus in Lycia: The Second-Century World of Diogenes of Oenoanda.
Reviews for The Invention and Gendering of Epicurus
...a carefully argued, well researched, and intelligent look at gender and rhetoric in the Epicuraen tradition. The argument is well organized and accessible to general readers and scholars alike. Primary texts are presented in Greek and Latin along with clear translations." — Scott Rubarth, Bryn Mawr Classical Review "Gordon's unique approach is to examine the critics, mostly Roman, of ... Read more