Archimedes and the Roman imagination [electronic resource] / Mary Jaeger.
Material type: TextPublication details: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.Description: ix, 230 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 510.92 B 22
- QA29.A7 J34 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-223) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.