Archimedes and the Roman Imagination.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Sehr guter Zustand. Schutzumschlag leicht abgenutzt / Very good condition, dust jacket lightly worn. - 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. CONTENTS Abbreviations Introduction PART ONE 1. The �Eureka� Story 2. Cicero at Archimedes� Tomb 3. Why Two Spheres? Coda to Part One. The Afterlife of the Spheres from the De republica PART TWO A Sketch of Events at Syracuse 4. Who Killed Archimedes? 5. The Defense of Syracuse Coda to Part Two. Claudian on Archimedes PART THREE 6. Petrarch�s Archimedes Conclusion. ISBN 9780472116300