Lucretius and the Epicurean tradition of piety.
Autor: | Summers, Kirk |
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Zdroj: | Classical Philology; Jan1995, Vol. 90 Issue 1, p32, 26p |
Abstrakt: | Discusses how Lucretius' treatise `De Rerum Natura' explains the Epicurean tradition of piety. Epicurus' attitude toward religious observances; Cicero's distinction between `superstition' and `religion'; Occasion when man distorted religion; Meaning of prostration; Use of `necto'; Invocation to Venus; Description of the Magna Mater cult. |
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