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Lucretius

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
Tu 5:30p.m. – 8:15p.m.
McCormack M02-0211 3 $2557 (guest students)
Date
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
Time
Tu 5:30p.m. – 8:15p.m.
Location
McCormack M02-0211
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$2557 (guest students)

Description

This course will be devoted Lucretius' De rerum natura, the great didactic epic of Epicureanism. We will examine the philosophical doctrines that Lucretius espoused, the poetic and literary qualities of his poem, his influence on successors, and the way he manipulated the Latin language and the dactylic hexameter to serve his ends.

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