Poetry and number in Graeco-Roman antiquity /

Poetry and mathematics might seem to be worlds apart. Nevertheless, a number of Greek and Roman poets incorporated counting and calculation within their verses. Setting the work of authors such as Callimachus, Catullus and Archimedes in dialogue with the less well-known isopsephic epigrams of Leonid...

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Main Author:	Leventhal, Max (Author)
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Series:	Cambridge classical studies.
Subjects:	Greek poetry > History and criticism. Latin poetry > History and criticism. Mathematics in literature. Poésie grecque > Histoire et critique. Poésie latine > Histoire et critique. Mathématiques dans la littérature. Greek poetry Latin poetry Mathematics in literature Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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