Archimedes and the Roman Imagination
ISBN-13:
9780472116300
ISBN-10:
0472116304
Author:
Mary Jaeger
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
University of Michigan Press
Format:
Hardcover
244 pages
Category:
United States
,
Historical
,
Greece
,
Ancient Civilizations History
,
Rome
,
History & Philosophy
,
History
,
Mathematics
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ISBN-13:
9780472116300
ISBN-10:
0472116304
Author:
Mary Jaeger
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
University of Michigan Press
Format:
Hardcover
244 pages
Category:
United States
,
Historical
,
Greece
,
Ancient Civilizations History
,
Rome
,
History & Philosophy
,
History
,
Mathematics
Summary
Archimedes and the Roman Imagination (ISBN-13: 9780472116300 and ISBN-10: 0472116304), written by authors
Mary Jaeger, was published by University of Michigan Press in 2008.
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Description
The great mathematician Archimedes, a Sicilian Greek whose machines defended Syracuse against the Romans during the Second Punic War, was killed by a Roman after the city fell, yet it is largely Roman sources, and Greek texts aimed at Roman audiences, that preserve the stories about him. Archimedes' story, Mary Jaeger argues, thus becomes a locus where writers explore the intersection of Greek and Roman culture, and as such it plays an important role in Roman self-definition. Jaeger uses the biography of Archimedes as a hermeneutic tool, providing insight into the construction of the traditional historical narrative about the Roman conquest of the Greek world and the Greek cultural invasion of Rome.By breaking down the narrative of Archimedes' life and examining how the various anecdotes that comprise it are embedded in their contexts, the book offers fresh readings of passages from both well-known and less-studied authors, including Polybius, Cicero, Livy, Vitruvius, Plutarch, Silius Italicus, Valerius Maximus, Johannes Tzetzes, and Petrarch.
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