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The moon in the Greek and Roman imagination : myth, literature, science and philosophy /

The moon exerted a powerful influence on ancient intellectual history, as a playground for the scientific imagination. This book explores the history of the moon in the Greco-Roman imaginary from Homer to Lucian, with special focus on those accounts of the moon, its attributes and its 'inhabita...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ni' Mheallaigh, Karen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2020]
Series:Greek culture in the Roman world.
Subjects:
Moon > In literature.
Greek literature > History and criticism.
Literature and science > Greece > History > To 1500.
Voyages, Imaginary.
Extraterrestrial beings in literature.
Greece > Civilization.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: The Moon in the mythic imagination. Introduction : To the Moon! Journey into the ancient scientific imagination ; The Moon in ritual, myth and magic
  • Part II: The moon in the scientific imagination. Making sense of the Moon : philosophy and science ; Life on the Moon : between philosophy, science and fantasy; The Moon of many faces : Plutarch's great lunar dialogue De facie
  • Part III: The moon in the fantastic imagination.The imaginary moon : lunar journeys
  • SelÄ“noskopia : the moon-view from fiction to reality ; Envoi : The legacy of ancient selenography.