Ancient Greek Cosmogony - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ancient Greek Cosmogony write by Andrew Gregory. This book was released on 2008-01-03. Ancient Greek Cosmogony available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ancient Greek Cosmogony is the first detailed, comprehensive account of ancient Greek theories of the origins of the world. It covers the period from 800 BC to 600 AD, beginning with myths concerning the creation of the world; the cosmogonies of all the major Greek and Roman thinkers; and the debate between Greek philosophical cosmogony and early Christian views. It argues that Greeks formulated many of the perennial problems of philosophical cosmogony and produced philosophically and scientifically interesting answers. The atomists argued that our world was one among many worlds, and came about by chance. Plato argued that it is unique, and the product of design. Empedocles and the Stoics, in quite different ways, argued that there was an unending cycle whereby the world is generated, destroyed and generated again. Aristotle on the other hand argued that there was no such thing as cosmogony, and the world has always existed. Reactions to, and developments of, these ideas are traced through Hellenistic philosophy and the debates in early Christianity on whether God created the world from nothing or from some pre-existing chaos. The book examines issues of the origins of life and the elements for the ancient Greeks, and how the cosmos will come to an end. It argues that there were several interesting debates between Greek philosophers on the fundamental principles of cosmogony, and that these debates were influential on the development of Greek philosophy and science.
When the Gods Were Born
When the Gods Were Born - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook When the Gods Were Born write by Carolina López-Ruiz. This book was released on 2010-06-15. When the Gods Were Born available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "With admirable erudition, Lopez-Ruiz brings to life intimacies and exchanges between the ancient Greeks and their Northwest Semitic neighbors, portraying the ancient Mediterranean as a fluid, dynamic contact zone. She explains networks of circulation, shows creative uses of traditional material by peoples in motion, and radically transforms our understanding of ancient cosmogonies."---Page duBois, author of Out of Athens: The New Ancient Greeks --
Monsters in Greek Literature
Monsters in Greek Literature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Monsters in Greek Literature write by Fiona Mitchell. This book was released on 2021-05-30. Monsters in Greek Literature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Monsters in Greek literature are often thought of as creatures which exist in mythological narratives, however, as this book shows, they appear in a much broader range of ancient sources and are used in creation narratives, ethnographic texts, and biology to explore the limits of the human body and of the human world. This book provides an in-depth examination of the role of monstrosity in ancient Greek literature. In the past, monsters in this context have largely been treated as unimportant or analysed on an individual basis. By focusing on genres rather than single creatures, the book provides a greater understanding of how monstrosity and abnormal bodies are used in ancient sources. Very often ideas about monstrosity are used as a contrast against which to examine the nature of what it is to be human, both physically and behaviourally. This book focuses on creation narratives, ethnographic writing, and biological texts. These three genres address the origins of the human world, its spatial limits, and the nature of the human body; by examining monstrosity in these genres we can see the ways in which Greek texts construct the space and time in which people exist and the nature of our bodies. This book is aimed primarily at scholars and students undertaking research, not only those with an interest in monstrosity, but also scholars exploring cultural representations of time (especially the primordial and mythological past), ancient geography and ethnography, and ancient philosophy and science. As the representation of monsters in antiquity was strongly influential on medieval, renaissance, and early modern images and texts, this book will also be relevant to people researching these areas.
Cosmology and Biology in Ancient Philosophy
Cosmology and Biology in Ancient Philosophy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cosmology and Biology in Ancient Philosophy write by Ricardo Salles. This book was released on 2021-06-10. Cosmology and Biology in Ancient Philosophy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explores ancient biology and cosmology as two sciences that shed light on one another in their goals and methods.
Cosmos in the Ancient World
Cosmos in the Ancient World - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cosmos in the Ancient World write by Phillip Sidney Horky. This book was released on 2019-07-04. Cosmos in the Ancient World available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Traces the concept of kosmos as order, arrangement, and ornament in ancient philosophy, literature, and aesthetics.
