The Resource Archimedes and the Roman imagination, Mary Jaeger
Archimedes and the Roman imagination, Mary Jaeger
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- Summary
- "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."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 230 pages)
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780472025329
- Label
- Archimedes and the Roman imagination
- Title
- Archimedes and the Roman imagination
- Statement of responsibility
- Mary Jaeger
- Subject
-
- Archimedes
- Archimedes -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology
- Beeldvorming
- Biographies
- Biography
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Greece
- HISTORY -- General
- Archimedes
- Mathematicians
- Mathematicians -- Greece -- Biography
- Mathematics, Ancient
- Mathematics, Ancient
- Sicilië
- Wiskundigen
- MATHEMATICS -- History & Philosophy
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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."--Jacket
- Action
- digitized
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1960-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jaeger, Mary
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Archimedes
- Archimedes
- Mathematicians
- Mathematics, Ancient
- MATHEMATICS
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- HISTORY
- Mathematicians
- Mathematics, Ancient
- Greece
- Wiskundigen
- Beeldvorming
- Sicilië
- Label
- Archimedes and the Roman imagination, Mary Jaeger
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn613205561
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 230 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780472025329
- Lccn
- 2007037351
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1d3kq8z
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)613205561
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Archimedes and the Roman imagination, Mary Jaeger
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-223) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn613205561
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 230 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780472025329
- Lccn
- 2007037351
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt1d3kq8z
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)613205561
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Archimedes
- Archimedes -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology
- Beeldvorming
- Biographies
- Biography
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Greece
- HISTORY -- General
- Archimedes
- Mathematicians
- Mathematicians -- Greece -- Biography
- Mathematics, Ancient
- Mathematics, Ancient
- Sicilië
- Wiskundigen
- MATHEMATICS -- History & Philosophy
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