Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 217 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 613 g
Reihe: Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Cultures
Biological Literature in Greek during the Roman Empire: Genres, Scopes, and Problems
Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 217 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 613 g
Reihe: Science, Technology, and Medicine in Ancient Cultures
ISBN: 978-3-11-079673-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Biological literature of the Roman imperial period remains somehow ‘underestimated’. It is even quite difficult to speak of biological literature for this period at all: biology (apart from medicine) did not represent, indeed, a specific ‘subgenre’ of scientific literature. Nevertheless, writings as disparate as Philo of Alexandria’s , Plutarch’s or , Aelian’s , Oppian’s , Pseudo-Oppian’s , and Basil of Caeserea’s engage with zoological, anatomic, or botanical questions. examines how such writings appropriate, adapt, classify, re-elaborate and present biological knowledge which originated within the previous, mainly Aristotelian, tradition. It offers a holistic approach to these works by considering their reception of scientific material, their literary as well as rhetorical aspects, and their interaction with different socio-cultural conditions. The result of an interdisciplinary discussion among scholars of Greek studies, philosophy and history of science, the volume provides an initial analysis of forms and functions of biological literature in the imperial period.
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- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Römische Geschichte
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie
